RBP Chemical Technology, Milwaukee, WI, has named Scott Cerny to the position of Midwest Technical Sales Representative. Based in Chicago, Cerny will serve customers in the upper Midwest. Prior to joining RBP Chemical Technology, Cerny managed a Midwest territory for a diverse chemical manufacturer.
The Army is using a new coating system to paint aircraft and other equipment that performs better than the standard system and is safer to human health and the environment.
Silberline Manufacturing Co. Inc., a global supplier of effect pigments with corporate headquarters in Tamaqua, PA, has appointed William L. Baker to the position of Global Plastics Marketing Director.
Consumption in Asia of seven leading coatings additives was 655 million lbs., worth $1.5 billion, according to the consulting firm of Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney.
OMNOVA Solutions’ Performance Chemicals facility in Mogadore, OH, was presented with a 2007 Award for Excellence in Environmental, Health, Safety and Security Performance from the Ohio Chemistry Technology Council (OCTC).
Alberdingk Boley Inc. has announced that Dowd & Guild Inc. will be representing its product lines, including polyurethane dispersions, acrylic emulsions, polyurethane and epoxy hybrids, opaque polymers, ALBOLITH microsieves, and ALBODUR castor oil polyols.
Rohm and Haas Co. and Tasnee Sahara Olefins Co. (TSOC) of Saudi Arabia have announced plans to form a joint venture that will produce 250,000 metric tons of acrylic acid and related esters, in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, beginning in 2011.