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Ashland opens Mumbai technical center
Ashland Inc. opened its new technical center in Mumbai, India where it will develop additives for the coatings and construction industries. The center offers the latest technologies for rheological additives, surfactants, foam-control agents, buffers…10.19.11
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Dow and Saudi Aramco sign agreement for Sadara Chemical Company
Saudi Aramco president and CEO Khalid Al-Falih and Dow chairman and CEO Andrew Liveris signed a joint venture shareholders' agreement for Sadara Chemical Company. Sadara will be comprised of 26 manufacturing units, several of which constitute &q…10.17.11
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Ashland expands global Natrosol hydroxyethylcellulose production
Ashland Inc. is expanding production of Natrosol hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) by 7,000 metric tons across its global network through capacity additions at its facilities in Nanjing, China, and Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands. In addition, Ashland is incr…10.14.11
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Additives | Binders | Business Operation | Industry News | Pigments
Evonik lays foundation for two new innovation centers in Essen
Evonik Industries has announced plans to build new research facilities for the paints and coatings industry and the cosmetics industry. The company is investing approximately €31 million in the Ruhr, Germany area. Klaus Engel, chairman of the e…10.12.11
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Business Operation | Industry News
Berkshire Hathaway completes acquisition of Lubrizol
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and The Lubrizol Corporation have completed the acquisition of Lubrizol for $135 per share in an all-cash transaction. The transaction, having been approved by Lubrizol shareholders and having met all U.S. and non-U.S. regulat…10.12.11
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Daikin to establish production facility for ZEFFLE fluoropolymer coatings
Daikin Industries, Ltd. has established a new production facility for the manufacture of ZEFFLE fluoropolymer coatings at the Changshu Factory of its subsidiary Daikin Fluorochemicals (China) Co. Ltd., a company that manufactures and sells fluorochem…10.12.11
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Industry News | Powder Coatings
Dow Performance Monomers expands capacity
The performance monomers business of The Dow Chemical Company announced a 10 percent increase in capacity for the production of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) at its Freeport, Texas facility. This results from a successful debottlenecking initiative tha…10.12.11
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Perstorp doubles caprolactone capacity
Perstorp has doubled production capacity of their Capa caprolactone plant in Warrington, England. Due to the rapidly growing demand for caprolactones worldwide, these specialty chemicals have been in short supply for several years. In response, Perst…10.12.11
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Huntsman to raise multifunctional epoxy resins capacity
Huntsman Corporation has expanded multifunctional resins capacity at its McIntosh, Ala. site to serve its customers in the aerospace and composite industries. Huntsman Advanced Materials, one of the global market leaders in multifunctional epoxy resi…10.12.11
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Industry News | Pigments
Synaqua 4804 alkyd emulsion awarded Ringier Technology Innovation prize in “paint resin” category
Cray Valley Resins, an activity that is now part of Arkema Coating Resins, was awarded the Ringier Technology Innovation prize for its Synaqua 4804 alkyd emulsion in China in June. This waterborne paint binder is an innovative alkyd emulsion that hel…10.12.11
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Industry News | Pigments
Clariant named best supplier at Brazilian paint industry’s Paint & Pintura Awards, 2011
Technology innovation, differentiated services and strong customer relationships have secured Clariant three “best supplier” awards in the Brazilian paint and varnish industry’s prestigious Paint & Pintura Awards for 2011. In ad…10.12.11
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Addmaster attends reception at Buckingham Palace
Addmaster (UK) Ltd’s managing director Paul Morris attended a recent function at Buckingham Palace as a winner of a 2011 Queens Award for Enterprise. At the reception, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh greeted guests in the State Rooms, whic…10.12.11
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ACC proposes new system to prioritize chemicals for review
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has proposed a comprehensive, scientifically based prioritization system that could be used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine which chemicals warrant additional review and assessment. &ldq…10.12.11
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PPG to increase production capacity for precipitated silica
PPG Industries is increasing its global precipitated silica production capacity by more than 18,000 tons per year in response to growing global demand. The capacity expansion includes projects at PPG’s Lake Charles, LA, and Delfzijl, the Nether…10.12.11
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Exova expands services
Exova, the global testing group, has expanded the services available from its Singapore laboratory to include a number of key coatings tests. Previously, the Far East lab had specialized in metallurgical, mechanical, chemical, and corrosion testing f…10.12.11
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Arkema unveils new trademark
Arkema Coating Resins has launched a new trademark that will be applied to the company’s waterborne emulsion polymer products sold worldwide. The new name, ENCOR Polymers, will be used for both current and new products sold for use in architect…10.12.11
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Industry News | Solvents
Ashland to hike prices for intermediates and specialty solvents in North America
Ashland Specialty Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., is increasing the price of its portfolio of intermediates and specialty solvents sold in North America effective Oct. 1, or as contracts allow. Prices for 1,4 Butanediol (BDO) will inc…10.12.11
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Celanese to hike prices of VAE emulsions by $0.03/wet pound in America
Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company and among the global leaders in emulsion polymers, announced that it will increase the price of all vinyl acetate/ethylene (VAE) emulsions sold in the Americas by $0.03 / wet p…10.12.11
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Wacker Polymers to raise prices for vinyl acetate-based dispersions in the Americas
Wacker Polymers is to raise its prices for Vinnapas vinyl acetate-ethylene and ehtylene-vinyl chloride-based copolymer dispersions in the Americas. Effective October 14, Wacker will implement a price increase of $0.03 per wet pound, or as customer co…10.12.11
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Industry News | Pigments
Bayferrox iron oxide pigments for the coloring of asphalt
At the recent wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in London, Lanxess’ Bayferrox played a part in adding color and radiance to the proceedings. In the run-up to the wedding, the roads and footpaths in the area around Buckingham Palace w…10.12.11
