Cytec Surface Specialties, a leading global supplier of resin technology for the coatings and adhesives industries, has completed the renovation of its powder coatings applications lab in Smyrna, Ga.
The Dow Chemical Co. will further extend part of its polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (PMDI) operations at its LaPorte, Texas, facility, while the company's new 500-million-lb PMDI facility in Freeport, Texas, continues its startup process.
The Valspar Corp., Minneapolis, a leading coatings manufacturer, has completed the acquisition of Samuel Cabot Inc., a privately owned manufacturer of exterior and interior stains and finishes.
Artomation Corp., a supplier of automatic paint machines for a wide range of U.S. customers, has contracted to supply its PanelPro machine to PPG China.
Frost & Sullivan presented Alistagen Corporation with the 2005 Technology Innovation Award for the company's development of the innovative anti-microbial, prophylactic coating technology known as Caliwelâ„¢.
ABI, New York, a global leader in business-to-business marketing public relations, and China Knowledge, Singapore, a premier provider of trade and investment research and services to foreign investors in China, announced a strategic partnership to expand each company's services worldwide.
Para-Chem recently announced partnerships with Azalea Color Co., Atlanta, and Durr Marketing Associates, Inc., Pittsburgh, to distribute its acrylic resins.
For the second time since 2003, BASF Coatings has been named a General Motors Supplier of the Year for exceptional performance as a global supplier of automotive OEM coatings.
Valspar has agreed to acquire Samuel Cabot Inc., Newburyport, Mass., the 128-year-old, privately owned manufacturer of exterior and interior stains and finishes.
Chemcraft Holdings Corp. has entered into an agreement with Inchem Holdings International Ltd. The agreement provides Chemcraft with a minority position in Inchem along with an arrangement to exchange product technologies.