A team of 26 employees at BASF's coatings technical-support center in Whitehouse, OH, are working to attract bluebirds and other wildlife to the facility's 20-acre site, in partnership with the Wildlife Habitat Council's "Wildlife at Work" program.
Huron Capital Partners L.L.C., a Detroit-based private equity firm, announced the launch of a partnership with industry executives Frederick A. Quinn and Carol E. Bramson with the objective of acquiring companies in the coatings, adhesives, polymers, and thermoplastics industries.
ICI Paints said an annual charity golf tournament sponsored by the company raised nearly $200,000 for City of Hope, a biomedical research, treatment and educational institution dedicated to the prevention and cure of cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
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.
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