In
December 2006, Troy Corporation announced a long-term agreement with Syngenta
Crop Protection AG, Basel, Switzerland, to provide BPD supported terbutryn to
the EU market.
A
presentation given by Dow Corning’s Fluorine Technology Program Sales
Development Manager, Steven R. Block, at the 10th Annual International Coatings
for Plastics Symposium was awarded The Best Paper of the Symposium.
Dow
Wolff Cellulosics, a newly formed specialty business unit of The Dow Chemical
Company, has announced new capacity and capabilities in its Methylhydroxyethylcellulose
(MHEC) production and expansions in production of METHOCEL™.
The
Dow Chemical Company and Crystalsev, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, have signed a
memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture that will design and build
a facility in Brazil to manufacture polyethylene from sugar cane.
Kemira
has initiated a process to evaluate strategic alternatives for its business
units Pigments and Chemidet, with the objective of increasing the company’s
focus on its core businesses.
ALTANA AG, which now concentrates on the specialty
chemicals business, signed a contract to acquire the worldwide effect pigments
business of the British company Wolstenholme Group Ltd.
Rohm and Haas
Company has finalized the sale of its European Automotive Coatings business,
including its manufacturing site in Strullendorf, Germany, to the Mader Group,
an independent manufacturer of hi-tech industrial paints and coatings based in
Lille, France.