With
the formal opening of its new isophorone production line in Herne, Germany, RAG
subsidiary Degussa is paving the way for expansion and growth in the North
Rhine-Westphalia region.
Fusion
UV Systems, Inc. has named KENDROLAB Spólka z o.o. as its exclusive distributor
for Poland. Kendrolab was spun off from the German company Heraeus in 1992.
Akzo
Nobel Powder Coatings has officially opened its fifth manufacturing plant in
Mainland China - the first to be located in the western part of the country.
The Lubrizol Corp. announced that its wholly owned
subsidiaries Noveon, Inc., and Noveon Canada, Inc., have changed their names to
Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc., and Lubrizol Advanced Materials Canada,
Inc., respectively.
Rohm
and Haas Electronic Materials will invest $60 million in leading-edge
lithography equipment to support its extensive research and development of
advanced 193 nanometer (nm) photoresist and anti-reflective coatings used in
the manufacture of semiconductor devices.
ANGUS Chemical Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of
The Dow Chemical Company, announced that its Sterlington, LA, manufacturing
site has been awarded the prestigious Lantern Award by Louisiana Economic Development
(LED) and the Louisiana Industrial Development Executives Association (LIDEA).
The
NPCA’s Chairman of the Board Charles E. Bunch, chairman and CEO of PPG
Industries, Inc., received the Business Citizen medal from the Friends of Adam
Smith (FOAS) as one of its 2007 Adam Smith Award winners.
RSS