AkzoNobel has renamed the ICI India business. It is now officially known as Akzo Nobel India Limited. ICI India, a separate listed company on the stock market, is one of the country's leading decorative paints businesses. The change marks another step in the integration activities following AkzoNobel’s acquisition of ICI.
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), the world’s leading professional society serving the manufacturing industry, is issuing its annual call for nominations for the 2011 International Honor Awards, the Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award and the Award of Merit.
Evonik Industries, a leading supplier of methacrylate chemicals, has acquired Arkema’s Methacrylate Specialty Esters business. The acquisition was official at the end of 2009.
John Fletcher, Technical Support Manager at Elcometer Ltd. in Manchester, England, has been named Chairman of ASTM International Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications.
Informex Show Management has announced the keynote speaker for the inaugural Informex Specialty Chemicals Conference, to be held in Houston, TX, on May 11, 2010. The speaker will be Lee E. Mikles, President and CEO of FutureFuel Corp., a U.S. manufacturer of biofuels and specialty chemicals.
A new varnish developed by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Engineering and Automation IPA ensures that surfaces emit sound if they become warmer or cool off.
BASF is the recipient of General Motors’ Supplier of the Year Award for 2009. The Supplier of the Year Award recognizes BASF for consistently performing above expectations as a global paint supplier to General Motors. It is the sixth time in the last eight years that BASF has received this award.
Specialty chemicals company Clariant announced that shareholders at the company’s 15th Annual General Meeting adopted each of the resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors.
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