Global specialty chemicals manufacturer Sartomer Company has opened Sartomer Japan in Tokyo. Part of the Sartomer Asia division, the new office will serve formulators and chemists throughout Japan, providing technical and sales support for Sartomer's entire line of specialty chemicals, which includes monomers, oligomers, polybutadiene resins and styrene maleic anhydride resins.
TEFSA-Group, a leading international designer and manufacturer of industrial dewatering and filtration equipment headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, has formed a strategic partnership with Applied Process Equipment, Inc., a wastewater technology distributor in Scottsdale, Ariz.
"Flint Group" has been selected as the new name for the holding company created by the merger in late-2005 of European-based XSYS Print Solutions and American-owned Flint Ink Corporation.
ARNHEM, the Netherlands - Akzo Nobel has received an offer from Hexion Specialty Chemicals for its Ink and Adhesive Resins business for €88 million free of cash and debt.
FRANKFURT, Germany - BASF AG, the world's largest chemical company, is offering $4.9 billion in cash for New Jersey-based rival Engelhard Corp., a Fortune 500 company and leading supplier of goods for catalysis and surface finishing, including special-effect and pearlescent pigments.
NEWARK, N.J. - Cardolite Corp. has completed construction of its new production facility in Zhuhai, China. Tony Stonis, president, remarked, "This new factory demonstrates our commitment to Asia and supports the growth of our business worldwide."
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Cook Composites and Polymers has announced a plant consolidation plan that will streamline its production system while continuing to fully support its North American distribution system for Coatings Resins.
LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany - BASF has increased its production capacity for quinophthalone pigments at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany to 1,400 metric tons per annum.
MIAMI - Atlas Weathering Services Group, a division of Atlas Material Testing Technology LLC, is expanding its services by creating the world's largest and most advanced global benchmark weathering-testing facility in Miami.
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