BASF Corp.'s Industrial Coatings Regional Business Unit, Southfield, MI, has introduced coatings products for metal substrates that the company says dramatically increase the reflectivity of medium to dark colors, reducing heat levels on surfaces such as metal roofing.
BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Huntsman Corp., Salt Lake City, and Chinese partners announced plans for a feasibility study involving the proposed construction of an integrated isocyanates manufacturing facility in Shanghai.
The Netzsch Group has acquired Holometrix Micromet, a supplier of instruments and testing services for thermophysical properties and cure-monitoring applications, from Metrisa Inc.
Akzo Nobel Coatings announced plans to divest its Printing Inks business to the European private equity company NeSBIC Buy Out Fund and the management of the ink business.
Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN, announced plans to close an Eastman Chemical Jaeger GmbH & Co. coatings-polymer plant in Dasseldorf, Germany, but provided no timetable for the action.
Rohm and Haas Co., Philadelphia, has appointed Canada Colors and Chemicals Ltd. the exclusive Canadian distributor of Rohm and Haas's UCD Colorants for industrial coatings.