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AkzoNobel appoints new corporate director investor relations
October 12, 2011
AkzoNobel has appointed Jonathan Atack the company’s new corporate director Investor Relations. Atack was until recently chief financial officer at ING Investment Management in the Netherlands. He has held several roles within ING since 2…
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IPPIC elects Bill McPherson as new president
October 12, 2011
The International Paint and Printing Ink Council (IPPIC) elected its new president, Bill McPherson, recently retired president of the International Paint division of AkzoNobel. The president of IPPIC serves a two-year term, acts as the chairman of th…
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CVC Thermoset Specialties makes new appointments
October 12, 2011
CVC Thermoset Specialties, an Emerald Performance Materials Company, has made two appointments. Walt Bustynowicz has been named vice president global sales. In this role, Bustynowicz will assume all management responsibilities for sales international…
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PPG Aerospace names Cancilla coatings director, Wright transparencies director
October 12, 2011
PPG Industries’ aerospace business has named Mark Cancilla global platform director for coatings. As global platform director for coatings, Cancilla succeeds Brian Roberson, who has relocated to join PPG’s architectural coatings business…
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BASF names Vitor Margaronis marketing director
October 12, 2011
BASF Automotive Refinish has named Vitor Margaronis as marketing director for BASF Coatings, North America. In his new role, Vitor is responsible for directing the marketing activities of the BASF automotive refinish, OEM, industrial and commercial t…
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Evonik lays foundation for two new innovation centers in Essen
October 12, 2011
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…
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Berkshire Hathaway completes acquisition of Lubrizol
October 12, 2011
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…
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Daikin to establish production facility for ZEFFLE fluoropolymer coatings
October 12, 2011
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…
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Dow Performance Monomers expands capacity
October 12, 2011
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…
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Perstorp doubles caprolactone capacity
October 12, 2011
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…
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Huntsman to raise multifunctional epoxy resins capacity
October 12, 2011
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…
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Synaqua 4804 alkyd emulsion awarded Ringier Technology Innovation prize in “paint resin” category
October 12, 2011
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…
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Clariant named best supplier at Brazilian paint industry’s Paint & Pintura Awards, 2011
October 12, 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…
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Addmaster attends reception at Buckingham Palace
October 12, 2011
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…
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ACC proposes new system to prioritize chemicals for review
October 12, 2011
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…
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