MENTOR, Ohio - Chemsultants International has announced its 2006 schedule of accredited technical-training workshops for professionals in the specialty-coatings, adhesives, sealants and packaging industries. The workshops enable participants to earn certification as laboratory technicians in pressure-sensitive adhesive testing.
ESSEN, Germany - RAG Aktiengesellschaft, which holds a 50.1-percent interest in Degussa AG through its wholly owned subsidiary RAG Projektgesellschaft mbH (RPG), intends to acquire all remaining shares in Degussa.
OrtinoFerro Chairman Hector Ortino Dies at Age 63CLEVELAND - Ferro Corporation regretfully announced that Hector R. Ortino, chairman and chief executive officer, passed away of natural causes. Mr. Ortino, 63,
TRENTON, N.J. - Acting Governor Richard J. Codey announced that New Jersey is the first state in the nation to require enforceable plant-security practices for its 140 chemical facilities to provide the public and workers greater protection from potential terrorist acts.
BLACKSBURG, Va. - The Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute (MII) at Virginia Tech is offering a "Review of Advances in Research at Emerging Frontiers" on April 10-12, 2006, at the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center, Blacksburg, Va.
PORTLAND, Maine - Intertech-Pira has introduced two major primary-research market reports on titanium dioxide (TiO2) in two vital countries, China and India.
GLENDALE, Calif. - PPG Aerospace - PRC-DeSoto has qualified its chromate-free, high-solids epoxy aerospace primer at Boeing for use on the composite fuel tank of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
BRAMPTON, Ontario - Leading Canadian architectural paint brand PARA Paints has announced the launch of a new way to showcase paint colors - round paint chips.