DUSSELDORF, Germany - Degussa AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of the RAG Group, pla ns to construct a major Verbund production (integrated production network) in Shanghai to manufacture methyl methacrylate (MMA) and methacrylate specialties.
MIDLAND, Mich. - Dow Epoxy, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, announced a $1.6 million debottlenecking project that will add 20 kilo tons (45 million pounds) per annum (KTPA) in allyl chloride manufacturing capacity at its plant in Freeport, Texas.
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.