WASHINGTON - The European Commission has proposed that companies pay a
fee to have their chemicals registered as will be required under the
anticipated REACH legislation, according to Robert Donkers, environment
counselor for the delegation of the European Commission in the United
States. The Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals
(REACH) legislation is making its way through the European Parliament.
TROY, Mich. - The color silver
has topped the automotive color charts once again this year,
maintaining its supremacy as the most popular car color in North
America. But in the future it will take on a fresh appearance as blues,
browns and greens start to surge and become infused with silver to
create a new look, according to the 2006 color popularity survey
results released by PPG Industries.
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands/ FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany - RadTech Europe (RTE), the department for Surface Treatment Technology of the German Engineering Federation (VDMA), and the German Professional Association for the Printing and Paper Processing Industry (BG Dr+P) recently announced the finalization of the EB Protocol for the printing and coating industry on June 29, 2006, at the RTE EB Conference in Esslingen, Germany.
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. - H. Morgan Smith, president of Van Horn, Metz & Co., Inc., and Tom Castorina, president of Seaboard Sales, Inc., have announced that Van Horn, Metz acquired Seaboard Sales, a specialty raw materials distributor serving the Metro New York/New Jersey region.
MINNEAPOLIS - The Valspar Corporation, a leading global coatings company, has agreed to acquire the powder coatings business of H.B. Fuller Company, St. Paul, Minn. H.B. Fuller’s powder coatings business, which had net sales of approximately $75 million in 2005, serves customers in 26 countries from manufacturing facilities in the United States and the United Kingdom. The cash purchase transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in December. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
OSAKA, Japan - Nippon Paint Co., Ltd. (NPC), has finalized its purchase of the majority of Rohm and Haas Company’s (ROH) Automotive Coatings business, and will introduce NB Coatings, Inc., to serve North American customers.
MUTTENZ, Switzerland - Ciba Specialty Chemicals Company has signed an agreement to sell its Masterbatch business to Clariant, Basel, Switzerland. The divestment is expected to be concluded in the fourth quarter of 2006 after the necessary regulatory approvals. The sales price was not disclosed.
COVINGTON, Ky. – Ashland Inc. signed a definitive agreement to purchase the assets of Northwest Coatings of Oak Creek, Wis., a formulator and manufacturer of adhesives and coatings employing ultraviolet and electron beam (UV/EB) polymerization technologies. Northwest Coatings is a holding of Caltius Equity Partners. The transaction, which includes production facilities in Milwaukee and Greensboro, N.C., is valued at approximately $72 million. Trailing 12-month sales of Northwest Coatings are nearly $40 million.
ARNHEM, The Netherlands - Akzo Nobel has agreed to sell its MPP Systems® business to Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, part of the Water Division of French company Veolia Environnement. Financial details have not been disclosed.
WASHINGTON – A proposed rule published in the Federal Register Sept. 1 would incorporate international hazardous materials transport standards for large packages into U.S. regulations and clarify the definition of bulk packages. The proposal, issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), is also intended to clarify requirements on the construction and use of non-bulk and bulk packaging. of dangerous goods, according to PHMSA.
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