Evonik Industries AG’s Coatings & Additives Business Unit is reorganizing its colorants business to position itself in the fiercely competitive international market.
The observatoryNANO consortium has been established to help European decision makers in government, industry and finance gain objective information for their decisions when considering a rapidly changing field of technology such as nanoscience and nanotechnology.
On June 5, 2008, at the press conference for the American Coatings Show, Andy Doyle, President of the National Paint and Coatings Association (NPCA), provided additional details concerning the merger of the NPCA and the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technologies (FSCT), which took effect on June 2, 2008.
DSM
Desotech, a leader in the development and supply of UV-curable fiber optic materials,
has announced the opening of its newly expanded China ink manufacturing
facility, DSM Desotech Specialty Chemicals (Shanghai) Ltd.
Milwaukee-based
Prime Leather Finishes Co. has announced it has formed a strategic alliance
with 3M Co. to manufacture and market protective coatings for a variety of
leather products.
The Dow Chemical Co. has announced that the SCG-Dow Group, a joint venture between Dow and The
Siam Cement Group, has broken ground on a propylene oxide facility
in Thailand.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Pigments &
Additives Division of Clariant, a world-leading manufacturer of specialty
chemicals, has received several important supplier awards in Brazil.