RPM International Inc. has reported a loss for its fiscal 2009 third quarter ended Feb. 28, 2009, resulting from lower sales reflecting the worldwide recession and traditional seasonal slowness, one-time restructuring costs, and write-downs of marketable securities in its captive insurance company.
BASF has successfully completed its acquisition of Ciba Holding AG. The company now holds 95.8 percent of Ciba shares. BASF intends to fully integrate Ciba into the BASF Group.
The Air Resources Board of California (ARB) staff has posted its final report entitled, Development of an Improved VOC Analysis Method for Architectural Coatings.
Pierre Lapointe, President and CEO of FPInnovations, will make a keynote presentation at the 2009 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry, presented by TAPPI and Alberta Ingenuity, June 23-26, 2009, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
RPM International Inc. has announced that its Tremco Incorporated subsidiary acquired Canam Building Envelope Specialists Inc. (Canam), including its Zerodraft weatherproofing division.
George Weyerhaeuser Jr., Partner at Houghton Cascade, will make a keynote presentation at the 2009 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry, presented by TAPPI and Alberta Ingenuity, June 23-26, 2009, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Pittcon 2009 has reported that 19,018 attendees from 90 countries participated in the annual conference and exposition, which was held in Chicago from March 8-13.
Despite the economic uncertainty, the 10th UTECH Europe event, held in Maastricht, the Netherlands, from March 31 to April 2, was rated a success, with attendance far exceeding the expectations of all exhibitors.