H.B. Fuller Co, has revised its earnings expectations for fiscal year 2008, primarily reflecting the ongoing negative impact from rapidly rising raw material costs.
AkzoNobel has strengthened its position in the automotive plastics decorating market through the acquisition of Soliant LLC, a manufacturer of decorative paint and bright films.
The Dow Chemical Co. announced that it is exploring divestiture options for its Clear Lake Operations acrylic acid and esters, and UCAR Emulsion Systems specialty latex business in North America.
At a meeting in St. Paul, 3M Chairman, President and CEO George Buckley told institutional investors and investment analysts that the company’s strategy to innovate and invest in 3M’s core is succeeding and delivering results.
Dow Izolan, the joint venture company between The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow) and Izolan, has broken ground on a new, state-of-the-art polyurethane systems manufacturing facility in Vladimir, Russia.
C. L. Hauthaway & Sons Corp., Lynn, MA, and Interpolymer Corp., Canton, MA, have decided to collaborate in marketing Hauthaway’s line of Hauthane® Polyurethane Dispersions to the architectural and industrial coatings markets in Asia, Europe, Middle East and North Africa.