Demand in the United States for color pigments,
including inorganic, organic and specialty types, is forecast to increase 4.4
percent per year to $3.8 billion in 2011.
Thermo
Fisher Scientific Inc. has signed an agreement with Edax, a business unit of
the Ametek Materials Analysis Division, to distribute its Electron Backscatter
Diffraction (EBSD) Systems.
Specialty chemicals supplier Cognis announced that it
has invited mergers and acquisitions specialist Lincoln International to
conduct a review of the strategic options for its Pulcra Chemicals subsidiary.
Huron
Capital Partners LLC has announced that through its portfolio company, Quest
Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (Quest), it has acquired Zolatone Automotive
(Zolatone).
Dow
Epoxy, a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow), announced the
signing of definitive agreements to acquire UPPC AG in Germany, and POLY-CARB
Inc. and GNS Technologies in the United States.
Dow Polyurethanes, a business group of The Dow
Chemical Company, will move forward with the detailed engineering phase of the
nameplate capacity expansion of its polyols plant in Terneuzen, the
Netherlands.
TA Instruments Inc. announced the acquisition of
Calorimetry Sciences Corp. (CSC), Lindon, UT, a manufacturer of
microcalorimeters for high-performance heat-flow and heat-capacity measurements
primarily used in the life sciences industry.
Solutia
Inc. has appointed Northspec Chemicals Corp. as its Canadian Specialty
Additives distribution sales representative for Butvar® polyvinyl
butyral (PVB) resins and aqueous dispersions and for Solusolv™ 2075,
an ultra-low VOC coalescing aid. Northspec will stock Butvar PVB resins and
Solusolv 2075 at its warehouse in Toronto.
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