John Deere Welland Works, Welland, Ontario, has recognized BASF as a "Partner Supplier," the highest level in the John Deere "Achieving Excellence" supplier program.
Grace Davison, a business unit of W.R. Grace & Co., has increased its production capacity for SHIELDEX® anti-corrosive pigments by more than 50% at its site in Worms, Germany.
Borden Chemical, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, and Resolution Performance Products LLC (RPP), Houston, jointly announced plans to merge, together with Resolution Specialty Materials LLC (RSM), Carpentersville, Ill., to form the world's largest producer of thermosetting resins.
Crompton Corp., Middlebury, Conn., and Great Lakes Chemical Corp., Indianapolis, announced that once their merger is complete, the new company will be known as "Chemtura" (pronounced chem-CHOOR-a) Corporation.
The Dow Chemical Company plans to build a new phenolic glycol ether production unit in Freeport, Texas, to meet the changing needs of its performance-solvents customers.
Rohm and Haas Company intends to consolidate its North American Powder Coatings operations into two sites, closing its Wytheville, Va., plant by the first quarter of 2006.