The Dow Chemical Company will proceed with production of a new propylene oxide-based glycol ethers facility at Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, the People's Republic of China.
OMNOVA Solutions' Performance Chemicals facility in Mogadore, Ohio, was presented with a 2005 Award for Excellence in Environmental, Health, Safety and Security Performance from the Ohio Chemistry Technology Council.
LANXESS Corp., manufacturer of synthetic rubber, engineered thermoplastics and chemical intermediates, has moved its inorganic-pigment blending operations from Imperial, Pa., to a new custom-built facility at Starpointe in Washington County, Pa.
PPG Industries has earned a fifth PACE Award in six years for its collaboration with General Motors on development of an environmentally friendly, color-specific powder primer.
BASF announced an agreement to acquire resins manufacturer Johnson Polymer, a subsidiary of JohnsonDiversey Inc. of Sturtevant, Wis., a U.S. cleaning and hygiene products manufacturer. The respective agreement signed on May 1, 2006, provides for a sale price of $470 million on a cash and debt-free basis.
Swiss-based Ciba Specialty Chemicals has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Textile Effects business to Huntsman Corp. for a consideration of CHF 332 million in cash and assumed debt.
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