Flowserve Corp., Dallas, a global provider of fluid motion and control products and services, has announced the establishment of an award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), memorializing longtime Flowserve employee and pump technology expert Dr. Sankaraiyer Gopalakrishnan.
Perceptions regarding who is primarily responsible for innovation have expanded from the confines of the laboratory to include all employees of a company, according to a study of a cross-section of managers and professionals in manufacturing companies in the Americas, Asia and Europe. Dow Corning Corp., Midland, Mich, released the research results on August 23, 2006.
In 2007, for the first time, the six congresses previously organized parallel to the European Coatings Show are being integrated into a single, combined congress event, The Nürnberg Congress, from May 7-9.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer's (IARC) recent reclassification of titanium dioxide (TiO2) from a Group 3 to a Group 2B carcinogen has prompted the NPCA to reiterate previously obtained guidance received from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Cognis has received the 2005/2006 "Umweltschutzpreis" environmental award from the Federation of German Industries (BDI) in recognition of its Disponil® AFX surfactant systems.
Formed only in 1999, Becker Industrial Coatings Malaysia has outgrown its original manufacturing plant and has now successfully commissioned a larger plant of 5,500 square meters in Kota Kemuning, Selangor.
Akzo Nobel underlines its commitment to the North American automotive plastic coatings market by breaking ground on an 11,000-sq-ft production expansion project that will incorporate state-of-the art equipment and processes for plastics coatings.