ESSEN, Germany - RAG Aktiengesellschaft, which holds a 50.1-percent interest in Degussa AG through its wholly owned subsidiary RAG Projektgesellschaft mbH (RPG), intends to acquire all remaining shares in Degussa.
GLENDALE, Calif. - PPG Aerospace - PRC-DeSoto has qualified its chromate-free, high-solids epoxy aerospace primer at Boeing for use on the composite fuel tank of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
BRAMPTON, Ontario - Leading Canadian architectural paint brand PARA Paints has announced the launch of a new way to showcase paint colors - round paint chips.
NAPLES, Fla. - In 2005, Industrial Nanotech, Inc., a company that specializes in nanotechnology innovation and product development, penetrated the industrial coatings market and drew the attention of many large U.S. and international companies.
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Accenture and H.B. Fuller Company recently signed a 10-year outsourcing contract under which Accenture will provide H.B. Fuller with information technology, application management and development services.
BASEL, Switzerland - EFKA Additives, a member of the Ciba Specialty Chemicals group since 2001, has been awarded with the prestigious "Erasmus Award 2005 for competitive and innovative organizations" by the Rotterdam School of Management of the Erasmus University, the Netherlands.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. - Degussa's AEROSILĀ® business line commenced production in October of fumed alumina and cationic-silica dispersions at its North American dispersion plant in Mobile, Ala.
ARNHEM, the Netherlands - Akzo Nobel is set to become one of the leading suppliers to the Ukrainian decorative-paint market after signing an agreement to acquire a 51-percent controlling share in the coatings activities of Khimrezerv.