In 2008, global specialty chemicals supplier Cognis increased its net external sales by 5.5 percent to EUR 3.001 billion. On an organic basis, excluding foreign currency effects and the effects of acquisitions and divestments, sales grew by 9.2 percent.
INTERPOLYMER GmbH, Hassloch, Germany, has announced that the first production line of a new facility for waterborne styrene-acrylic dispersions, acrylic solutions and wax dispersions has started production in Nanjing, China.
DETROIT - The ASME B46 committee will hold a free half-day seminar on April 24, 2009, at the Hilton Garden Inn - Detroit Metro Airport, from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The seminar will update the surface metrology community on the new ASME B46.1 2009 standard.
BASF Coatings North America is the recipient of a Subaru of Indiana Automotive (SIA) Supplier Award. The award was presented to Juan Carlos Ordonez, Group Vice President, and Joe Schmondiuk, Global Account Director for BASF Coatings North America by Masahiro Kasai, SIA President & CEO during a ceremony held in late February at the Sheraton Indianapolis City Centre Hotel.
Atlas Material Testing Technology is offering two new services focused on the solar market: Solar Simulator Classification services and I-V Curve tracing services.
KW Plastics, an affiliate of KW Container, has received the GPEC 2009 Plastics Recycling Technologies and Applications award. The award was presented during the Global Plastics Environmental Conference in Orlando, FL.