Rohm and Haas Co. has completed the acquisition of FINNDISP, the polymer dispersions division of OY Forcit AB, for €60 million (approximately $85 million).
AkzoNobel N.V. has completed the sale of its Adhesives and Electronic Materials businesses, part of the former ICI’s National Starch business, to Henkel KGaA for £2.7 billion (€4 billion).
Emerald Hilton Davis LLC, a subsidiary of Emerald Performance Materials LLC, announced that it has acquired the carbon black dispersions business and assets of Wolstenholme International Ltd.
UV-curable coatings company DSM Desotech has announced the acquisition of assets of U.S.-based Polymeric Processes Inc. (PPI), a producer of UV-curable coatings for tube and pipe applications.
The International Association of Nanotechnology is now accepting abstracts for presentations at the upcoming 5th International Congress of Nano – Bio & Clean Tech 2008.
Patrick Thomas, Chief Executive Officer of Bayer MaterialScience AG, will present the keynote address for UTECH Europe 2009, an international conference and exhibition that will take place March 31-April 2, 2009, at the Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council has issued a call for entries for the 2008 Polyurethane Innovation Award nominations.