Akzo Nobel announced that it will apply for
deregistration and termination of its reporting obligations under the U.S.
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and delisting of its American Depositary
Receipts (ADRs) from the NASDAQ stock exchange.
International
Paint LLC, an Akzo Nobel company, has launched the first phase of expansion of
its worldwide research and development team based in Newcastle, U.K., to the
company’s U.S. operations in Houston.
INVISTA has announced a five KT per year capacity
expansion at its DYTEK® A (2-methylpentamethylenediamine)
manufacturing facility in Maitland, Canada.
Rohm
and Haas Powder Coatings, a business of the Rohm and Haas Group, has appointed
Cetelon GmbH as a new distributor for its powder coatings in Germany.
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.