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Dusatec, Inc. Acquires Product Lines from Buhler AG

May 8, 2013
Effective Jan. 1, 2013, Dusatec, Inc. announces the purchase of the entire lines of TURBULENT mixers, reactors/dryers, Superflushers, both of batch and continuous designs, and the GELIMAT thermo kinetic compounding machines, both of batch and semi-…  Read More »
BASF Receives European Water Stewardship Certificate

May 7, 2013
BASF is the first chemical company to achieve gold-level certification according to the European Water Stewardship (EWS) standard for its production site in Tarragona, Spain. In order to attain this certificate, auditors of third party certification…  Read More »
BASF Joins Habitat for Humanity

May 7, 2013
BASF employee volunteers joined Morris Habitat for Humanity recently to build homes for three families in Madison, New Jersey. More than 30 BASF employees worked on various aspects of construction, installing roofs, exterior walls and exterior frames…  Read More »
Behr Introduces Marquee Exterior Paint and Primer

May 7, 2013
Developed for painters who want the very best exterior paint for their home, Behr Marquee Exterior Paint and Primer is Behr’s most advanced paint and primer, delivering exceptional dirt resistance and advanced fade protection, according to the…  Read More »
Arsenal Acquires Arnco

May 6, 2013
Arsenal Capital Partners has acquired Arnco, one of the world’s largest suppliers of polyurethane products.  Arnco is the first acquisition of Arsenal under the umbrella of Dash Multi-Corp., a platform portfolio company focusing on the spe…  Read More »
Brandt appointed new CEO of CPS Color

May 6, 2013
Kaj Brandt has been appointed the new CEO of CPS Color. He takes over from Henrik Lif and will start his new position on June 1st, 2013. Kaj Brandt has extensive experience in the paint and coatings industry. Most recently he served as general manag…  Read More »
Thai Paint Maker Beger To Build Factory in Indonesia

May 6, 2013
Beger Company, a Thai maker and distributor of wood coatings and industrial paint products, plans to set up its first foreign plant in Indonesia in the next five years to tap demand there. Vice-president Worawat Chaiyosburana said the company is stu…  Read More »
Solvay To Build Specialty Surfactant Plant in Germany

May 3, 2013
Solvay will build a specialty surfactant plant at an industrial park in Genthin, Germany, close to Berlin. The unit will develop and produce surfactant solutions for Solvay’s home and personal care and industrial customers serving Central and E…  Read More »
PPG Expands Paint It Application to NEXA AUTOCOLOR Brand
PPG Expands Paint It Application to NEXA AUTOCOLOR Brand

May 3, 2013
PPG Automotive Refinish has introduced Paint It for the NEXA AUTOCOLOR brand. Paint It is the fast, reliable tool that collision centers can use to identify the right color for vehicle repair, according to the company. The Paint It application has be…  Read More »
Solid First Quarter of 2013 for BASF

May 2, 2013
BASF increased its sales and income from operations (EBIT) before special items in the first quarter of 2013. At €19.7 billion, sales exceeded the level of the previous first quarter by 5%. Sales volumes grew particularly as a result of intensif…  Read More »
ASTM Paint Committee Developing Standard for Evaluating Weathering Performance Characteristics of Architectural Coatings

May 2, 2013
A proposed new ASTM International standard will offer guidelines for selecting wood substrates for the evaluation of the weathering performance of architectural coatings, such as exterior paints, primers and deck finishes. The proposed standard, AST…  Read More »
Clariant Posts Growth in the First Quarter

May 2, 2013
Clariant reported first quarter sales 2013 from continuing operations of CHF 1.526 billion compared to CHF 1.513 billion in the previous-year period, an increase of 2% in local currencies and 1% in Swiss francs. Organic growth of 2% was primarily the…  Read More »
BASF Adds FGuard 3D Paint to Product Range

May 1, 2013
It looks like wood and it feels like wood but, actually, it’s paper. On shelves, tables or cupboards, foil coatings provide effects that at first glance appear to be real. BASF has added to its product range the new FGuard® 3D paint system…  Read More »
Atlas Launches New Flammability Landing Page

May 1, 2013
Atlas Material Testing Technology has launched a new site at www.flammability.atlas-mts.com. The new page focuses exclusively on the group of flammability chambers Atlas provides – the HVUL2, HVFAA and HMV. In many industries the risk of unco…  Read More »
PPG Chairman and CEO Charles E. Bunch appears on CNBC
PPG Chairman and CEO Charles E. Bunch appears on CNBC's 'Mad Money with Jim Cramer'

May 1, 2013
PPG Industries' (NYSE: PPG) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Charles E. Bunch appeared yesterday on “Mad Money with Jim Cramer” on CNBC to discuss PPG's first quarter 2013 business performance and economic outlook for the rema…  Read More »

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