Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN, announced plans to close an Eastman Chemical Jaeger GmbH & Co. coatings-polymer plant in Dasseldorf, Germany, but provided no timetable for the action.
Rohm and Haas Co., Philadelphia, has appointed Canada Colors and Chemicals Ltd. the exclusive Canadian distributor of Rohm and Haas's UCD Colorants for industrial coatings.
Akzo Nobel N.V., Arnhem, The Netherlands, announced plans to increase manufacturing capacity for surfactants and fatty acids in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan.
BASF Corp.'s Automotive Coatings Regional Business Unit, Southfield, MI, has received Saturn Corp.'s Outstanding Supplier Achievement Award in recognition of the business unit's record of supplying coatings systems with no defects or rejections over the course of a production year.