The University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) has changed its name to Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T). As part of that change, the UMR Coatings Institute will be renamed the MS&T Coatings Institute.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has announced that laboratory testing of chemicals involved in the November 22, 2006, explosion at a Danvers, MA, printing ink manufacturing company is complete.
Air Products has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its interest in its vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE) polymers joint ventures to Wacker Chemie AG, its long-time joint venture partner.
With an eye to expanding its share of the North American coatings market, Benjamin Moore & Co. has announced its intent to purchase select assets and brands of Insl-x Products Corp., a coatings manufacturer based in Stony Point, NY.
Huron Capital Partners LLC, Detroit, MI, has announced that, through its portfolio company, Quest Specialty Chemicals Inc. (Quest), it has acquired Hydro-Stop Inc.
Basell AF and Lyondell Chemical Co. have completed their merger, creating LyondellBasell Industries, the world’s third-largest independent chemical company.
H.B. Fuller Co. has announced it has completed the sale of its entire stake in its automotive joint venture to the principal joint venture partner, EMS CHEMIE Holding AG of Switzerland.
Dow Epoxy, a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Co. and its affiliates, has completed the acquisitions of three epoxy systems formulators – UPPC AG in Germany, and GNS Technologies and POLY-CARB Inc. in the United States.
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