Akzo Nobel plans to create two independent companies, Coatings/Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals, with an intended minority initial public offering of its Pharmaceuticals business to be called Organon Biosciences.
UCAR Emulsion Systems (UES), a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, announced the succesful startup of its next-generation latex facility at St. Charles Operations (Hahnville, La.).
Finnaren & Haley, Inc., a client of Deacom, Inc., Wayne, Pa, is in the process of switching its retail stores to the DEACOM Point-of-Sale (POS) system.
Effective December 2005, Los Angeles-based paint manufacturer Diversified Coatings, Inc., (DCI) acquired the Morwear® brand of architectural paint and coatings products from Morwear Manufacturing, Inc. (MMI) in a transaction approved by Judge Ellen Carroll in United States Bankruptcy Court.
Nanomaterials have received a very good reception within the Western European coatings industry, and many paint companies are in the process of evaluating the potential benefits of these materials in coatings science, according to a recent report by Information Research, London.
International Specialty Products Inc. (ISP), Wayne, N.J., through one of its subsidiaries, has acquired the business of French biocides manufacturer Progiven S.A.S.
Alberdingk Boley, Inc., is negotiating a license agreement with MeadWestvaco Specialty Chemicals to produce, sell and distribute some of MeadWestvaco's emulsion polymers products now sold under the brand names JONREZ, ARMOREZ, HYATOP, ELASTOREZ, TruDot and SYNPAQUE.
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