Dow Corning Corp., Midland, MI, and Wacker Chemie GmbH, Munich, announced plans to launch a joint venture in Asia to manufacture silicone intermediates and fumed silica for various industrial and consumer markets.
Ace Hardware Corp.'s Ace Paint Division, Chicago, presented its "Preferred Supplier Award" to DuPont Titanium Technologies, Wilmington, DE, based on quality, service, pricing and value provided through Six Sigma methodology.
BASF has acquired the Vistanex LM polyisobutylene business of ExxonMobil Chemical Co., a purchase that BASF said expands its polyisobutylene product line.
Buhler AG, a supplier of plant systems and processing equipment, announced plans to acquire the business activities of Draiswerke GmbH Mannheim's Dispersion and Micro Wet Grinding Technology unit.
Degussa, Parsippany, NJ, announced a change in the name of its Aztec Peroxides L.L.C. subsidiary to Degussa Initiators L.L.C. The business, based in Elyria, OH, is a unit of Degussa's Catalysts & Initiators business unit.
Eastburn Sales Associates Inc., Salt Lake City, has been launched by Bill Eastburn, a former sales and marketing manager with PPG Aerospace and Akzo Nobel.
Ameron International Corp., Pasadena, CA, announced the completion of a two-for-one stock split, paid in the form of a stock dividend, to shareholders of record on May 1, 2003.
ICI Paints, Cleveland, announced that its Glidden brand offered what the company says is the paint industry's first live online color seminar, "Color and Design 101."
Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN, announced that its Accurate Dispersions division has received International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2000 certification by Quality Management Institute (QMI), an independent, third-party registrar.
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