Consumption in Asia of seven leading coatings additives was 655 million lbs., worth $1.5 billion, according to the consulting firm of Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney.
OMNOVA Solutions’ Performance Chemicals facility in Mogadore, OH, was presented with a 2007 Award for Excellence in Environmental, Health, Safety and Security Performance from the Ohio Chemistry Technology Council (OCTC).
Alberdingk Boley Inc. has announced that Dowd & Guild Inc. will be representing its product lines, including polyurethane dispersions, acrylic emulsions, polyurethane and epoxy hybrids, opaque polymers, ALBOLITH microsieves, and ALBODUR castor oil polyols.
Rohm and Haas Co. and Tasnee Sahara Olefins Co. (TSOC) of Saudi Arabia have announced plans to form a joint venture that will produce 250,000 metric tons of acrylic acid and related esters, in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, beginning in 2011.
The Specialty Additives business of Solutia Inc. recently presented its 2007 North American Distributor of the Year award to Howard Guild, President of Dowd and Guild Inc., San Ramon, CA.
START-IT magazine recently ranked Deacom Inc., producer of the DEACOM Integrated Accounting and Enterprise Resource Planning Software System, among the top emerging technology providers for the manufacturing marketplace in its 2008 START-IT 125 list.