BASF Coatings is expanding its market presence in Africa. Starting immediately, BASF Coatings' automotive repair products in the Glasurit and Salcomix brands of refinish lines will be available in Ghana.
In June, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco joined executives from Grupo IMSA, a multinational metal-processing company headquartered in Kalama, Wash., to announce the location of Grupo IMSA subsidiary, Steelscape, at the Port of Shreveport-Bossier.
International technology group Andritz has signed an agreement to buy the Filtration Business Unit of the international NETZSCH Group, based in Germany.
Elementis plc, following a Pigments business manufacturing restructuring review, will scale down production at its Elementis Pigments production plant at East St Louis, Ill., effective immediately. Around 100 jobs will be affected.
EXEL Industries, a European company, has merged its two U.S. operations under the new name EXEL North America, Inc., responsible for EXEL Industries' Canadian, U.S. and Mexican operations.
During this year's International Metal Decorators Association Annual Convention held on May 19th in Chicago, the winners of the 9th Annual "Excellence in Quality" were announced.