Noveon Inc. has acquired certain water-based overprint-coatings technology and manufacturing assets from Flint Ink Corp. as part of Noveon’s strategy to expand its performance coatings graphic arts product lines.
Rose A. Ryntz, manager and Staff technical fellow with Visteon Corp. and a noted authority on coatings for automotive plastics, has been named the winner of the Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings for 2003.
DuPont Automotive announced that Marty McQuade, vice president -- DuPont Herberts Automotive Systems, was named global vice president and general manager in charge of worldwide business operations for automotive OEM coatings.
DuPont Co.’s recently commercialized Super Solids low-VOC automotive-coatings technology has been recognized with a U.S. EPA Clean Air Excellence Award, the company announced.
RPM International Inc.’s Tremco Inc. subsidiary has acquired Koch Waterproofing Solutions Inc., a major manufacturer of basement-waterproofing materials for the residential new-construction market.
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. announced an agreement to acquire Sanwa Chemical Industry Co. Ltd., a major Japanese producer of specialty polyamide resins and epoxy curing agents.
-- Brendan O’Neill resigned as CEO of ICI plc and was succeeded by ICI Paints Chairman and Chief Executive John McAdam, effective immediately, the company announced.
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