An analysis summarizing the importance of the
polyurethanes industry to the U.S. economy was released by The Center for the
Polyurethanes Industry of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), formerly
Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry.
ASTM International has published Manual 46, Metallographic and
Materialographic Specimen Preparation, Light Microscopy, Image Analysis and
Hardness Testing.
The
Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) has awarded Dr. Charles
R. Hegedus, Materials Scientist, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., the George
Baugh Heckel Award.
Chemtura
Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to sell its organic peroxides business
to PERGAN GmbH (Germany) in an all-cash transaction for an undisclosed amount.