The subsidiaries Tikkurila Paints Oy and Tikkurila Coatings Oy have merged into their parent company Tikkurila Oy, which is responsible for Kemira Coatings, Kemira’s paint and coatings business.
Joseph Leon, General Manager of Bomar Specialties Co., has announced that IGM Resins Inc., the U.S. arm of IGM Resins B.V. of Waalwijk, the Netherlands, will become the distributor of Bomar’s oligomer products in the United States.
The Shepherd Color Co. and The Shepherd Chemical Co. have jointly formed a legal entity, Shepherd Europe Ltd., to serve as an only representative for REACH pre-registration and registration of its non-European manufactured products.
After a successful trial, Henkel has expanded testing of its new Bonderite® conversion coating process. The testing will take place at the Ford Motor Co. Twin Cities manufacturing facility in St. Paul, MN.
Reichhold has announced its intention to invest in a greenfield facility in India. The company has started construction at a site located at Ranjangoan, in the Pune District of the Maharashtra state.