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August 10, 2005
Rhodia SA has announced the reorganization of the company into four business units: automotive, electronics and fibers division, the food and consumer care division, agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals and the Rhodia pharma solutions enterprise.
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August 10, 2005
For the second consecutive year, Lyondell Chemical Company and its joint venture, Equistar Chemicals, LP, set new individual plant records for employee safety performance and received the Performance Improvement Award for safety from the American Che…
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August 10, 2005
The foundation stone for a new distribution center for BASF Coatings AG in Münster, Germany was laid on February 19. The 420 million distribution center is slated for completion during the second quarter of 2004. The distribution center wi…
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August 10, 2005
In Brief
Sartomer Company’s Grand Junction, CO manufacturing plant has achieved ISO 9001:2000 registration…E-epoxy.com celebrated its second anniversary on January 29…The Electrocoat Association has launched the E-Coat Protected…
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August 10, 2005
Cognis Acquires Laporte Performance Chemicals
l Cognis has signed a contract to acquire Laporte Performance Chemicals, a subsidiary of the former Laporte plc, which belongs to Degussa AG. The acquisition includes two production and development sites…
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August 10, 2005
ASTM Seeks Technologists to Develop New Standard
l ASTM Subcommittee E12.11 on Visual Methods is looking for users and producers of high-gloss paints and coatings to join its development of a Standard Practice for the Measurement of Distinctivenes…
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August 10, 2005
Peninsula Polymers Forms
JV With CCP
l Peninsula Polymers, Inc. (PPI) and Cook Composites and Polymers, Co. (CCP) have formed a North America coatings distribution joint venture. The new entity will retain the name Peninsula Polymers and is expect…
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August 10, 2005
Ashland Expands Adhesives Production At UK Plant
l Ashland Specialty Chemical Co. has expanded its facility in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. This fully automated plant is Ashland’s second European facility to manufacture pressu…
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August 10, 2005
BASF Expands PolyTHF
Capacity in Ulsan, Korea
l BASF has increased the annual production capacity of its PolyTHF (polytetrahydrofuran) plant in Ulsan, Korea from 30,000 metric tons to 40,000 metric tons through debottlenecking. The PolyTHF plant s…
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August 10, 2005
Engelhard Forms Alliance
With Nippon Sheet Glass
l Engelhard Corp. has formed an alliance with Nippon Sheet and Glass to develop and market new special effect pigments for makers of coatings, inks and plastics.
The two companies are developing n…
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August 10, 2005
Dow Idles Portion of PMDI Production at TX Facility
l The Dow Chemical Company has idled a portion of its polymeric methyl diphenyl diisocyante (PMDI) production capacity at Houston Operations in La Porte, TX, until further notice.̴…
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August 10, 2005
Solutia Inc. has completed the sale of its resins, additives and adhesives businesses to UCB S.A. for $500 million. The agreement includes 10 production sites that make liquid and powder coating resins, technical resins, additives and pressure-sensit…
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August 10, 2005
Corp., Millburn, NJ, has been
approved as a Small Business
Enterprise and certified as a women
and minority owned enterprise for
the sale of colorants…Dow Chemical
Co. has launched a new biocides web
site at www.dowbiocides.com… U…
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August 10, 2005
of Blox Thermoplastic Resins
● The epoxy products and intermediates
(EP&I) business of the Dow Chemical
Company has discontinued production
of BLOX thermoplastic resins.
“After reevaluating our business direction, we have determi…
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August 10, 2005
VP of BASF To
Receive CDMA Award
● The Commercial Development and
Marketing Association (CDMA) will
present its Award for Executive
Excellence to Carl A. Jennings at its
awards banquet to be held in Boston,
MA on April 28. Dr. Jennings i…
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