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Global report on the surfactants market

February 17, 2012
Surfactants lower the surface tension of a liquid, so that usually non-mixable liquids can be mixed. The market research institute Ceresana Research expects the global surfactant market to generate revenues of more than US$41 billion in 2018—tr…  Read More »
Lintech International achieves C-TPAT certification

February 17, 2012
Lintech International, LLC has become the first specialty chemical distributor to be fully C-TPAT certified. The Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) is a voluntary government-business initiative that builds cooperative relationships…  Read More »
Momentive to raise its powder polyester resins pricing

February 17, 2012
Due to increases in feedstock, energy and transport costs, Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc., said it will increase prices for its Albester, Albester SilkyMatt, Albemast, Albecor and Albecor-Bio powder polyester resins in Europe, the Middle East and…  Read More »
AkzoNobel posts Q4 and full-year results for 2011

February 17, 2012
Akzo Nobel N.V. published Q4 and full-year results for 2011. The company reported revenue growth across all business areas, led by price/mix developments of five percent and a two percent volume increase the company said. "2011 was a challengin…  Read More »
Sumter Coatings names new president and CEO
Sumter Coatings names new president and CEO

February 16, 2012
Ross McKenzie, president and chief executive of Sumter Coatings, Inc. has retired having served in the paint and coatings industry with DuPont, Southern Coatings, Inc., Pratt & Lambert, Inc., and Sumter Coatings, Inc. over the course of 70 years.…  Read More »
Dunn-Edwards Paints wins Manufacturing Leadership 100 Award

February 16, 2012
Dunn-Edwards recently received the 2012 Manufacturing Leadership 100 award for Operational Excellence, by Manufacturing Executive. The company’s new LEED Gold-certified manufacturing facility was honored for its innovation and superiority in op…  Read More »
Aakash Chemicals hires Mark Wright as regional manager
Aakash Chemicals hires Mark Wright as regional manager

February 16, 2012
Mark Wright has joined Aakash Chemicals as the company's new regional manager. Prior to joining Aakash Chemicals, he worked for DayGlo Color Corp. for more than 20 years, serving as vice president of sales the last five. His experience includes c…  Read More »
Mauser Group acquires North American container manufacturer and service provider

February 16, 2012
Mauser Group, a worldwide industrial packaging company, has acquired Varicon Solutions in North America. Mauser will take over the plastic packaging part of the business, which includes HDPE tight head and open head drums made out of virgin as well a…  Read More »
Precision Coating acquires hydrophilic coating provider for medical applications

February 16, 2012
Precision Coating Co., Inc. has acquired a controlling interest in Medi-Solve Coatings, LLC of Natick, Mass. Medi-Solve Coatings is a hydrophilic coating provider focusing on medical device applications. Medi-Solve Coatings adds formulation and appli…  Read More »
Troy introduces two new high performance defoamers for aqueous systems

February 15, 2012
Troy Corporation has introduced two new defoamers—Troykyd D742 and D745. The two new defoamers offer a cost-effective solution to foam-related issues across many applications said the company. For example D742 and D745 are touted to provide exc…  Read More »
Emerald Kalama Chemical to participate in energy cooperative project

February 15, 2012
Emerald Kalama Chemical BV, a division of Emerald Performance Materials, has signed 15-year agreements with both Rotterdam-based grid manager Stedin and energy supplier AVR. These agreements give a green light to begin construction of a steam grid in…  Read More »
Valspar reports 5.1 percent growth in sales and 67 percent growth in net income for Q1, 2012

February 15, 2012
The Valspar Corporation reported its results for the first-quarter ended January 27, 2012. First-quarter sales totaled $885.6 million, a 5.1 percent increase from the first quarter of 2011. First-quarter adjusted net income per share increased to $0.…  Read More »
Frost & Sullivan foresees dynamic shift in the APAC decorative coatings market in 2012

February 15, 2012
The Asia Pacific (APAC) decorative coatings market has seen steady progress since 2010, outperforming the global decorative coatings market in volume and value. This surge in volume can be explained by the heavy investments in infrastructure developm…  Read More »
Freedonia Group's report forecasts global demand for paint and coatings to rise 5.4 percent per year

February 15, 2012
Global demand for paint and coatings is forecast to rise 5.4 percent per year to 45.6 million metric tons in 2015, valued at $142 billion, according to Freedonia Group's report, "World Paint & Coatings." Advances will be driven by a…  Read More »
Ferguson names new sales and marketing managers
Ferguson names new sales and marketing managers

February 14, 2012
Ferguson Chemical Innovation has named Riki Gogna its new business line sales manager for the coatings, adhesives and sealants group (CAS), responsible for the development and management of the company’s CAS sales group in Canada. Gogna is a r…  Read More »

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