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BASF increases capacity for amines

BASF will double its manufacturing capacity for certain alkyl-ethonalamines (AEOA) by mid-2009. This expansion is the company’s response to increases in its customers’ demand for these products. BASF manufactures its range of AEOA specialties at the integrated Verbund site in Ludwigshfen, Germany, by means of a flexible, fully backward-integrated multi-product facility.

AEOA, such as ethylethanolamines, propylethanolamines and butyl-ethanolamines, are used in a wide array of applications, such as in coatings and lubricants. AEOA belong to the alkylalkanolamine category that BASF now makes at its sites in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Geismar, LA, U.S., with a total annual capacity of 70,000 metric tons.

“As one of the globally leading amine manufacturers, we are expanding our production capacity in response to our customers’ growing demand for specific AEOAs,” said Stefan Blank, head of the regional amines business unit within BASF’s intermediates division. “We are pleased to see that this increase in demand is driven mainly by innovations that we have developed in cooperation with our customers.”

Examples of this include the development of a new AEOA for high-grade emulsion paints and new options to use products from the existing AEOA portfolio in certain industrial applications.

Cytec increases capacity for resydrol waterborne alkyds

Cytec Industries announced plans to increase capacity for Resydrol water-based alkyds at the company’s Wallingford, CT production facility. The new capacity will increase Cytec’s ability to respond to customer needs in North America. Current plans are for the new capacity to come onstream during the second quarter 2009

Dow inaugurates new formulation lab in Spain

Dow recently inaugurated a new formulation and prototyping development laboratory in Ribaforada, Spain. The lab, which is part of the existing Dow Polyurethane Systems House facility at the site, will focus on the development of differentiated systems formulations for customers throughout Southern Europe and North Africa.

BASF expands portfolio of polymer dispersions

BASF has expanded its portfolio of polymer dispersions for construction chemicals with the acquisition of BCD Rohstoffe für Bauchemie Handels GmbH. These polymer dispersions are primarily used for cement-based coating systems and are marketed under the Vinagen and Vinapor brands.

In brief

Solutia Inc. presented Dowd and Guild Inc. with its Distributor of the Year award...Dover Corp. has established a new Pump Solutions Group...Dow Biocides acquired the IPBC molecule marketing and registration assets of Sostram Corp., which are marketed under the Protram trademark.

Pricing changes

BASF:

May 5—$0.06/dry lb. increase for all Butofan medium solids styrene-butadiene latex products and Styrofan and Styronal styrene-butadiene latex products in U.S. and Canada.

Ciba:

Effective immediately—5-20% increase for its pigment and additive product ranges for coatings applications.

Cytec:

April 15—5-10% increase for UV/EB curable monomers, oligomers and photoinitiators and Vancryl acrylic resins in the Americas; May 1—$0.10/lb. increase for its Cymel, Melmac, Beckamine and Uformite amino resins and $0.12/lb. increase for its Phenodur phenolic resins in North and South America.

Dow Biocides:

May 19—5% increase for Fuelsaver antimicrobial agent; 9% increase for Amical antimicrobial; and 10% increase for Antimicrobial 7287 and 8536, Dowicil 75 preservative, Dowicil QK-20 antimicrobial, Canguard 64 preservative and Tris Nitro antimicrobial.

Eliokem:

April 21—$0.04/lb. increase for Pliotec latex, $0.10/lb. increase for Pliolite resins and $0.12/lb. increase for Plioway resins in North America.

Rohm and Haas Paint and Coatings Materials:

April 1—$0.04/lb. increase for emulsion polymers and additives and $0.05-$0.08/lb. increase for solventborne polymers in North America.

Distributor agreements

Clariant

has named four new distributors to handle various pigment and additive products in North America. P.T. Hutchins Company has been selected as the U.S. distributor of its comprehensive range of pigment and additive products; Reliant Aluminum Products will be the exclusive distributor for its aluminum anodizing products in the U.S. and Northern Technical Solutions will be the distributor for Canada; Chemroy Canada is the distributor of its pigment and additive product lines in Canada.

Micro Powders

has appointed Archway Sales as its exclusive distributor for its product line of high-performance wax additives in OH, MI, western PA, KY, western NY, southern IN and WV.