Elementis has agreed, through its wholly owned subsidiary Elementis Holdings Limited, to purchase Watercryl Quimica Ltda (Watercryl), a Brazilian coatings additives company.
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee has signed into law the nation's fourth program requiring paint manufacturers to safely manage leftover latex and oil-based paint from households and painting contractors.
While artist paints have been the focus of many standards for fine art materials, a new ASTM standard is devoted to something that gets used before the paint: acrylic dispersion ground, a liquid applied as a coating to prepare surfaces for paint.
Miltec UV, a manufacturer of high-performance UV curing systems and electrodeless bulbs, welcomes Mike Bartley as the company’s new Midwest U.S. Sales Manager.
Siltech Corp., Toronto, Canada, has hired Dr. David Wilson (UK and northern Europe) and Mr. Joel Valencony (southwestern Europe) as Regional Sales Managers for its new sales and marketing division in Europe.
Henkel has opened a new Competence Center for Coatings in Garching, Germany, that offers training courses in which employees of engineering companies can get to know the company’s advanced surface treatments and engineering solutions and enhance their skills in applying them.
OMNOVA Solutions’ Green Bay, WI, paper chemicals facility was presented with a Return on Environment Award from General Electric’s (GE) Power & Water division for OMNOVA’s use of excess capacity in the plant’s reverse osmosis (RO) system to supply water to the boiler system.
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) and a group of 21 state lawmakers from 10 states have exchanged open letters concerning certain tactics of the U.S. chemical industry.
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is commending Massachusetts authorities for improving the regulation of hazardous materials storage and processing in the state, including monitoring of high-risk facilities to ensure they are complying with key federal process safety and risk-management programs.
The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) welcomed four new members to its ranks in the second three months of 2012, pushing its membership level to 118 member companies.
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