Environmental Coatings Inc. said it has acquired industrial-coatings product technology and rights to customer bases in New Jersey, Illinois and Wisconsin from Akzo Nobel Coatings.
Akzo Nobel said it plans to sell its Nordic general industrial coatings operations to Finland-based Kemira, with completion of the sale expected by the end of the year, pending regulatory approvals.
The Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology, citing the results of a survey of coatings manufacturers and suppliers, announced that the International Coatings Expo (ICE) will be held every other year beginning in 2004.
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. announced the launch of a new Performance Materials Division that combines the company's specialty surfactants, vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer emulsions, and specialty amines and curatives operations.
TotalFinaElf announced an agreement to sell its SigmaKalon coatings business, one of the 10 biggest coatings manufacturers in the world, to the private investment firm Bain Capital.
BASF Corp.'s Automotive Refinish business recently hosted a UV-cure coatings symposium to review and demonstrate the company's expertise in UV-cure coatings and exchange ideas for new commercial applications for the refinish market, the company said.
RSS