In 2008, BASF reported a sales increase of 8 percent compared with 2007, to EUR 62.3 billion, despite a drop in the fourth quarter. This was primarily due to higher prices in all divisions.
Effective April 1, BASF Coatings will sell its powder business for home appliances, heating and pipe coatings to Arsonsisi S.p.A., the powder-coatings branch of the Junghanns Group.
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI), of the American Chemistry Council, has extended the deadline for the call for papers and posters to be presented at the Polyurethanes 2009 Technical Conference on Oct. 5 – 7, 2009 at the Gaylord National in Fort Washington, MD.
In compliance with the new EU REACH chemicals regulation, Huber Engineered Materials (HEM), a division of J.M. Huber Corp., has announced as a member of the Silica and Silicates Consortia it has developed the Technical Dossier and Chemical Safety Report to successfully register synthetic amorphous silica with the European Chemicals Agency in Helsinki, Finland.
Rohm and Haas, Philadelphia, PA, is preparing for the next steps after successfully achieving the first critical milestone set by the European Union’s REACH regulation.
Global specialty chemicals supplier Cognis has opened a branch office in Auckland, New Zealand, to manage the marketing and sales of its products in the country.
Atlas Material Testing Technology and Weiss Gallenkamp have announced the formation of a partnership. Atlas has selected Weiss Gallenkamp as an exclusive sales agent for selected Atlas products in the UK and Ireland.
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