Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Monheim, Germany, and Golden Hope Plantations Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, have formally agreed to expand the scope of their existing joint venture with the transfer of Cognis' global oleochemicals and plastics technology businesses.
The National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA) has announced its officers and board of directors for 2006. The individuals were elected and approved by NPCA's current board of directors during the association's annual meeting in Cleveland on Oct. 23.
Following a multimillion-dollar capacity-expansion project, ANGUS Chemical Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Co., is positioned to fully satisfy growing market demand for AMP-95™ dispersant (2-Amino-2-Methyl-1-Propanol), a multipurpose additive used in a variety of paint and coatings formulations.
Signing of the UV/EB protocol for the European printing and coating industries during the opening session of the RadTech Europe 2005 conference held in Barcelona in October is the culmination of collaborative work originally initiated in 1995 between German and British health and safety organizations for the printing industry.
The Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry (API), Arlington, Va., has issued a call for papers and posters to be presented at the Polyurethanes 2006 Technical Conference, Sept. 25-27, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Rhodia signed an agreement to sell its Latex business activities (latex dispersions and powders and organic foam-control agents) to Hexion Specialty Chemicals Group, Columbus, Ohio.
Cognis is working with the IMCD Group, one of Europe's leading specialty chemicals distribution companies, to establish a joint distribution network for Cognis' ingredients for the paint and coatings industry.
The Thai paint market is estimated at 415,000 tons in 2005 and is expected to grow by an average of 6% per year to reach 557,300 tons by 2010, according to a recent report by Information Research (IRL).
Paul Allen, a member of the executive committee and previously head of Cognis' Nutrition & Health strategic business unit, took over as group vice president of Functional Products on November 1, 2005.
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