BASF has completed its acquisition of Sunoco Inc.'s phthalate plasticizer business, a purchase that includes Sunoco's Pasadena, TX, site, its phthalic anhydride and oxo alcohol manufacturing plants, and the phthalate esters, 2-ethylhexanol, and phthalic anhydride businesses.
General Magnaplate Corp. has made a name for itself as a producer of advanced coatings designed to provide resistance to corrosion and chemicals or enhance lubricity as a means to reduce wear.
Huntsman Tioxide announced plans to relocate its North American sales-management, supply-chain and technical-services operations to Huntsman Corp.'s corporate offices in Houston, TX, and to close its Warrenville, IL, and Toronto offices.
The California Air Pollution Control Officers Association is circulating a proposal that calls for the enactment of the most stringent VOC limits on automotive-refinish coatings anywhere in the nation, the NPCA reported.
The development of UV-cure technology for automotive-refinish processes will be showcased during a special technical session planned for RadTech International North America's "e|5 2004" conference and exhibition, scheduled for May 3-5 in Charlotte, NC.
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. has donated a technology portfolio consisting of U.S. and foreign patents involving processes and catalytic materials for producing vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) to the University of California-Davis.
The Dow Chemical Co. has completed the acquisition of Celanese AG's acrylates business, a deal that includes Celanese's acrylates-production assets at Clear Lake, TX, and a product line that includes crude acrylic acid, glacial acrylic acid, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, methyl acrylate, and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Stronger economic expansions worldwide, industrial activity that appeared to be in recovery mode and recent cost-reduction and restructuring moves combined to give most major coatings manufacturers an improved bottom line for 2003.
The NPCA and its Political Action Committee, PaintPAC, announced the launch of a bipartisan political initiative with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, called www.VOTE FOR BUSINESS.com.
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