CHARLOTTE, N.C. - BASF has been awarded Behr Process Corporation’s 2005 Supplier Technology Innovation Award, recognizing BASF as The Technology Leader in acrylic dispersions used to formulate architectural coatings.
SANDUSKY, Ohio - American Colors, Inc., is opening a new facility in Shanghai, China. Much of the heavy equipment will be made in China, but the color computers will come from, and be connected with, the color computers in Ohio and Lebanon, Tenn.
ARNHEM, the Netherlands - Akzo Nobel’s Aerospace Coatings business (ANAC) has announced that it is the first to develop products to contain breakthrough chromate-free technology following the signing of a commercial licensing agreement with the North Dakota State University Research Foundation (NDSU).
ARNHEM, the Netherlands - Akzo Nobel has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ningbo Chemical Industry Zone (NCIZ) that paves the way for the creation of a new chemicals multi-site in China. The company plans to install the facilities on a 50-hectare plot, making it one of the biggest sites for the company’s activities in the world.
"Together, the future is ours!" This was the unequivocal message from Susan DeSandre, Ford director for Body and Chassis, American Production Purchasing Operations, at a BASF press event on October 3, 2006, at the Ford Rouge Plant, Detroit.
The Total Service Solutions unit of PPG Aerospace, Glendale, Calif., has been awarded a three-year contract by Delta Air Lines to provide chemical management services at Delta's Atlanta maintenance base and line stations, PPG Aerospace officials announced.
On Oct. 30, during the Honors Luncheon of its 119th Annual Meeting in Nashville, the National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA), Washington, presented Edward J. Donnelly Jr., group vice president for DuPont Coatings & Color Technologies, with the George Baugh Heckel Award. This award is the association's highest honor.
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, Tenn., has reaffirmed its commitment to the company's Epolene G polymer customers by announcing that the Epolene G family of products will remain a part of Eastman's product portfolio.