BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany; Huntsman Corp., The Woodlands, Texas; and a group of Chinese companies - Shanghai Hua Yi (Group Company), Sinopec Shanghai Gao Qiao Petrochemical Corp. and Shanghai Chloro-Alkali Chemical Co. Ltd. - are considering the construction of a new MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) plant in China.
Akzo Nobel plans to create two independent companies, Coatings/Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals, with an intended minority initial public offering of its Pharmaceuticals business to be called Organon Biosciences.
UCAR Emulsion Systems (UES), a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, announced the succesful startup of its next-generation latex facility at St. Charles Operations (Hahnville, La.).
Finnaren & Haley, Inc., a client of Deacom, Inc., Wayne, Pa, is in the process of switching its retail stores to the DEACOM Point-of-Sale (POS) system.
Effective December 2005, Los Angeles-based paint manufacturer Diversified Coatings, Inc., (DCI) acquired the Morwear® brand of architectural paint and coatings products from Morwear Manufacturing, Inc. (MMI) in a transaction approved by Judge Ellen Carroll in United States Bankruptcy Court.
International Specialty Products Inc. (ISP), Wayne, N.J., through one of its subsidiaries, has acquired the business of French biocides manufacturer Progiven S.A.S.
Alberdingk Boley, Inc., is negotiating a license agreement with MeadWestvaco Specialty Chemicals to produce, sell and distribute some of MeadWestvaco's emulsion polymers products now sold under the brand names JONREZ, ARMOREZ, HYATOP, ELASTOREZ, TruDot and SYNPAQUE.
Four manufacturing facilities of Asian Paints in Ankleshwar (Gujarat), Mumbai (Maharashtra), Kasna (Uttar Pradesh) and Patancheru (Andhra Pradesh) have been presented with the British Safety Council Sword of Honour in a ceremony recently held at the historic Goldsmiths' Hall, London.