Akzo Nobel has agreed to sell its Decorative Coatings site near Barcelona in Spain as part of an expansion of its business activities on the Iberian Peninsula, which will include the construction of a new purpose-built facility.
Nae Woi Korea, Ltd., a producer of opaque styrene-acrylic emulsions and associative thickeners, has appointed The TryLine Group as its national distributor/agent in the United States (except Florida).
Spartan Environmental Technologies, a distributor and manufacturer of chemical oxidation and disinfection equipment, has appointed MEMECO Sales and Service Corp. of Lincolnwood, Ill., as its representative for Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana.
PPG Total Service Solutions, Troy, Mich., was recently honored with the 2005 Environmental Achievement Award by the Environmental Management Association (EMA) at an award ceremony at the Detroit Athletic Club.
Durakon Industries, provider of thermoformed products and paint-film technology to the automotive industry, plans to optimize the manufacturing operations in Clinton, scheduled for completion by July.
The Bayer AG board of management has approved an investment package totaling €700 million, which Bayer MaterialScience AG, Leverkusen, Germany, will use to expand its capacities for key products.
BASF is building an alkylethanolamine (AEOA) plant at its U.S. Verbund site in Geismar, La. The new plant, scheduled to come on line in 2007, complements existing amine production facilities at Geismar.