DuPont Co., saying it is taking the next step in its transformation to a "sustainable growth company," on announced the realignment of its businesses into five market- and technology-focused growth platforms.
Kerr-McGee Chemical L.L.C. announced the promotions of Kelly A. Green to vice president of Global Technical Sales and Service, a new position, and John D. Romano to vice president of Global Pigment Marketing. The company named Ian M. Mouland to succeed Romano as regional manager for Pigment Sales in the Eastern Region of the Americas.
Duron Inc., Beltsville, MD, and Professional Paint Inc., a group of paint-manufacturing businesses headquartered in Denver, announced the launch of a marketing alliance to sell paint, wallcoverings and sundries to major national accounts.
To no one's surprise, sales and earnings reports from major coatings manufacturers for the fourth quarter and year 2001 showed the effects of economic weakness in U.S. and overseas markets. But signs that the recession had eased its grip could also be detected in some of the numbers.
The Jones-Blair Co. announced an agreement to sell the majority of the company's operating assets to a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of Professional Paint Inc. for an undisclosed purchase price.
William D. Emmons, retired director of Research for Rohm and Haas Company's Polymers, Resins and Monomers business and its Pioneering Research exploratory unit, died December 8, 2001, following a brief illness. He was 77.
Major suppliers of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigments are taking actions to raise prices in an effort to reverse what one industry source called "catastrophic" price erosion over the past year due to economic downturns worldwide and the impact on TiO2 demand.
The National Paint & Coatings Association has appealed a court decision upholding coatings-VOC limits imposed by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SC AQMD).
In a decision hailed by an advocacy group as a victory for the plaintiffs, Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein ruled that the state's attorney general can proceed with a lawsuit against former suppliers of lead-based paint and lead pigments.
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