Nemoto and United Mineral & Chemical Corporation (UMC) recently initiated patent litigation, as part of their active policing program, against three corporate infringers who were selling products sourced from China.
Four industry members received Industry Achievement Awards during the National Paint & Coatings Association's (NPCA) 2006 Annual Meeting in Nashville, Oct. 29-31.
Dow Polyurethanes, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, has successfully completed preliminary development of natural oil polyols (NOPs) for urethane formulations and will begin product sampling with a select group of customers immediately.
Vitracoat, an international powder coatings manufacturer, has started constructing a new state-of-the-art powder coatings plant in Elkhart Ind., its U.S. corporate headquarters.
Cytec Industries Inc., a global specialty chemicals and materials company, was recently named as the first company to qualify for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Sustainable Futures program.
Tikkurila Oy, which is responsible for Kemira's paints and coatings business, aims at continuous improvement of its market position in the CIS area including the Central Asian countries.