Solutions Dispersions Inc., Cynthiana, Ky., has appointed CHEMCENTRAL, Chicago, and CHEMCENTRAL joint-venture partners as distributors for its lines of carbon-black dispersions for all global locations except the United States.
In a major victory for industry, the Judiciary Committee of Maryland's House of Delegates, Annapolis, voted "unfavorable" on H.B. 1394, effectively defeating an initiative that would specifically recognize "market share liability" as a recognized legal theory of liability against (former) manufacturers of lead-based paint.
Chemsultants International has announced its 2006 schedule of accredited technical-training workshops for professionals in the adhesives, sealants, specialty coatings and packaging industries.
Dainippon Ink and Chemicals Inc. (DIC), Tokyo, has expanded the business it started in 1999 to make SPD (suspended particles device) emulsions by acquiring an additional license from Research Frontiers Inc., Woodbury, N.Y., to make and sell SPD-Smart™ light-control film.
Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. of Consett, UK, has announced that its distribution business for the Kuk Do range of epoxy resins was transferred to Meade-King, Robinson & Co. Ltd. of Liverpool, UK, effective April 3.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) will be revising the methodology for estimating emissions from thinning and cleanup solvents used with architectural coatings.
The Dow Chemical Company will proceed with production of a new propylene oxide-based glycol ethers facility at Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, the People's Republic of China.