AkzoNobel N.V. has completed the sale of its Adhesives and Electronic Materials businesses, part of the former ICI’s National Starch business, to Henkel KGaA for £2.7 billion (€4 billion).
Emerald Hilton Davis LLC, a subsidiary of Emerald Performance Materials LLC, announced that it has acquired the carbon black dispersions business and assets of Wolstenholme International Ltd.
UV-curable coatings company DSM Desotech has announced the acquisition of assets of U.S.-based Polymeric Processes Inc. (PPI), a producer of UV-curable coatings for tube and pipe applications.
OMNOVA Solutions’ Performance Chemicals facility in Mogadore, OH, was presented with a 2007 Award for Excellence in Environmental, Health, Safety and Security Performance from the Ohio Chemistry Technology Council (OCTC).
Alberdingk Boley Inc. has announced that Dowd & Guild Inc. will be representing its product lines, including polyurethane dispersions, acrylic emulsions, polyurethane and epoxy hybrids, opaque polymers, ALBOLITH microsieves, and ALBODUR castor oil polyols.
Rohm and Haas Co. and Tasnee Sahara Olefins Co. (TSOC) of Saudi Arabia have announced plans to form a joint venture that will produce 250,000 metric tons of acrylic acid and related esters, in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, beginning in 2011.
The Specialty Additives business of Solutia Inc. recently presented its 2007 North American Distributor of the Year award to Howard Guild, President of Dowd and Guild Inc., San Ramon, CA.
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