Akzo Nobel N.V., Arnhem, the Netherlands, confirmed
on Monday, June 18, 2007, that it has approached the board of Imperial Chemical
Industries PLC ("ICI") with a view to entering into discussions about
a possible cash offer for ICI. However, the approach has been rejected.
Energy crop company Ceres, Inc., and Rohm and Haas
Company announced a research collaboration that will work toward producing
plant-based alternatives to a petroleum-derived material used in thousands of
home and industrial products.
More
and more Canadians are experimenting with color on their walls. That’s the
finding of a recent survey by leading architectural paint brand PARA Paints in
polling its more than 400 paint dealers across the country.
A proposed new standard being developed by ASTM
International Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and
Applications would provide the coatings industry with an industry-wide method
for evaluating the ability of an architectural paint system to block ink stains
from typical markers and writing instruments from bleeding through primer or
basecoat into a topcoat.
The
Lubrizol Corp. will expand its presence in China by investing approximately $40
million to build a facility in Songjiang, just outside of Shanghai.
The
Hydraulic Institute has announced that Mechanical Solutions, Inc. is the first company to become an HI Standards Partner in a
program the Institute initiated this year.
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