Troy Corp., Florham Park, N.J., has increased global prices for certain Polyphase® products effective December 10, 2005, and as contracts allow. Prices will be increased according to the following schedule:
he Polymers and Coatings program at California Polytechnic State University will offer a short course on Polymers and Coatings Science on Feb. 6-10, 2006.
Pittcon (The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy) announced that preregistration is now open for Pittcon 2006, scheduled for March 12-17, Orlando, Fla. Conferees registering by Feb. 12, 2006, can save 50% on registration fees.
usion UV Systems, Inc., has appointed QurTech SA as the exclusive distributor for its UV systems and components in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Slovenia, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and Malta.
The results of the 2004 End Use Market Survey of the Polyurethanes Industry in the United States, Canada and Mexico indicate that the polyurethanes industry has been on a firm growth track during the last two years.
In an effort to help its members whose companies were damaged by Katrina and Rita, the FSCT offers its assistance in posting employment notices on its Web site and in its monthly publication, "JCT CoatingsTech."
SYNTHESIA, a division of ALIACHEM and a producer of HP pigments for more than 15 years, is now ready to start production of diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) reds at its pigments and dyes plant in Pardubice in the Czech Republic.
ALTANA AG announced that ALTANA Chemie AG completed the acquisition of the ECKART group as of October 1, 2005. The acquisition had been announced in August 2005.