GREENSBORO, N.C. - Alberdingk Boley, Inc., has announced a product name change for all of the MeadWestvaco Specialty Chemicals emulsion polymers that it has acquired.
KINGSPORT, Tenn. - Eastman Chemical Company has appointed Barentz Europe B.V. as its authorized distributor in the Netherlands for coalescents and specialty solvents sold into the coatings and ink markets.
LEVERKUSEN, Germany - Bayer MaterialScience AG is responding to the rapidly growing importance of markets in the Middle East by establishing a new innovation center in Dubai.
MUTTENZ, Switzerland - Clariant has celebrated the inauguration of its new production plant for Licocene® polyolefin-based high-performance polymers in Frankfurt-Höchst, Germany.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Troy Corporation has sadly advised us of the passing of Eric Bensaid, a friend and colleague, and senior vice president of sales at the company. Mr. Bensaid joined Troy in 1987 and throughout his tenure contributed significantly to the company’s rapid growth and success.
CHANGZHOU, JIANGSU, China - Since the successful show of ASIACOAT2006 in October 2006 in Shanghai, the organizers have decided to hold ASIACOAT2007, the 12th China International Exhibition for Coatings and Building Materials, on July 4-6, 2007, in Beijing, the center of the Bohai Economic Circle.
PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Conference has announced the topics of the Invited Symposia to be presented at Pittcon 2007, February 25 to March 2, 2007, at McCormick Place in Chicago.
ROLLA, Mo. - The University of Missouri at the Rolla campus will be offering Basic Composition of Coatings on March 12-16, 2007, and Introduction to Paint Formulation on May 14-18, 2007.