Coatings customers in Brazil have named Cytec Industries Inc. as the best supplier of UV-curable raw materials for the second time in a row, according to a biennial survey conducted by Tintas & Vernizes, a coatings magazine in Latin America.
The grand-opening ceremony for the new $18 million manufacturing facility for Stahl Coatings and Fine Chemicals (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. took place on September 8, 2006, immediately following the All China Leather Fair.
Rohm and Haas Company celebrated the official opening of the China Research and Development Center (CRDC) on Sept. 20, 2006, in Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Pudong New Area, Shanghai.
Flowserve Corp., a global provider of fluid-motion and control products and services, announced that Bruno Schiavello, director of fluid dynamics in the technology department of Flowserve Pumps, has won the 2006 Fluid Machinery Design Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Nemoto and United Mineral & Chemical Corporation (UMC) recently initiated patent litigation, as part of their active policing program, against three corporate infringers who were selling products sourced from China.
Dow Polyurethanes, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, has successfully completed preliminary development of natural oil polyols (NOPs) for urethane formulations and will begin product sampling with a select group of customers immediately.
Vitracoat, an international powder coatings manufacturer, has started constructing a new state-of-the-art powder coatings plant in Elkhart Ind., its U.S. corporate headquarters.
Cytec Industries Inc., a global specialty chemicals and materials company, was recently named as the first company to qualify for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Sustainable Futures program.
Tikkurila Oy, which is responsible for Kemira's paints and coatings business, aims at continuous improvement of its market position in the CIS area including the Central Asian countries.