BASF has acquired the Vistanex LM polyisobutylene business of ExxonMobil Chemical Co., a purchase that BASF said expands its polyisobutylene product line.
Buhler AG, a supplier of plant systems and processing equipment, announced plans to acquire the business activities of Draiswerke GmbH Mannheim's Dispersion and Micro Wet Grinding Technology unit.
Degussa, Parsippany, NJ, announced a change in the name of its Aztec Peroxides L.L.C. subsidiary to Degussa Initiators L.L.C. The business, based in Elyria, OH, is a unit of Degussa's Catalysts & Initiators business unit.
Eastburn Sales Associates Inc., Salt Lake City, has been launched by Bill Eastburn, a former sales and marketing manager with PPG Aerospace and Akzo Nobel.
Ameron International Corp., Pasadena, CA, announced the completion of a two-for-one stock split, paid in the form of a stock dividend, to shareholders of record on May 1, 2003.
ICI Paints, Cleveland, announced that its Glidden brand offered what the company says is the paint industry's first live online color seminar, "Color and Design 101."
Akzo Nobel, the world's biggest coatings manufacturer, will seek to divest businesses worth 500 million euros as part of an overall strategy to improve financial results.
ASTM Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications has issued an invitation to users of color specifications to participate in the development of a standard related to how a supplier and customer set a color specification for a material.
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