Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., the world's largest producer of thermoset resins, has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the global wax compounds business of Rohm and Haas Company. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Closing is subject to governmental approvals.
Less than five months after the DuPont titanium dioxide manufacturing plant near Delisle, Miss., suffered a direct hit from Hurricane Katrina, the company announced on January 25, 2006, that manufacturing operations have resumed at the site.
Spartan Environmental Technologies, a distributor and manufacturer of chemical oxidation and disinfection equipment, has appointed Applied Process Equipment, Inc., as its representative for the states of Arizona and New Mexico.
Global specialty chemicals manufacturer Sartomer Company has opened Sartomer Japan in Tokyo. Part of the Sartomer Asia division, the new office will serve formulators and chemists throughout Japan, providing technical and sales support for Sartomer's entire line of specialty chemicals, which includes monomers, oligomers, polybutadiene resins and styrene maleic anhydride resins.
TEFSA-Group, a leading international designer and manufacturer of industrial dewatering and filtration equipment headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, has formed a strategic partnership with Applied Process Equipment, Inc., a wastewater technology distributor in Scottsdale, Ariz.
"Flint Group" has been selected as the new name for the holding company created by the merger in late-2005 of European-based XSYS Print Solutions and American-owned Flint Ink Corporation.
ARNHEM, the Netherlands - Akzo Nobel has received an offer from Hexion Specialty Chemicals for its Ink and Adhesive Resins business for €88 million free of cash and debt.
FRANKFURT, Germany - BASF AG, the world's largest chemical company, is offering $4.9 billion in cash for New Jersey-based rival Engelhard Corp., a Fortune 500 company and leading supplier of goods for catalysis and surface finishing, including special-effect and pearlescent pigments.
NEWARK, N.J. - Cardolite Corp. has completed construction of its new production facility in Zhuhai, China. Tony Stonis, president, remarked, "This new factory demonstrates our commitment to Asia and supports the growth of our business worldwide."
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