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Celanese completes acquisition of product lines from Ashland Inc.

January 10, 2012
Celanese Corporation has completed the acquisition of certain assets from Ashland Inc., including two product lines—Vinac and Flexbond—which will support the growth of the Celanese Emulsion Polymers business. “This acquisition will…  Read More »
RPM reports fiscal 2012 second-quarter results

January 10, 2012
RPM International Inc. reported improved net sales for its fiscal 2012 second quarter ended November 30, 2011. Net income increased slightly and earnings per diluted share were flat, due to higher raw material and acquisition-related expenses. Secon…  Read More »
Caldic to distribute KCC Silicones' products in Europe

January 10, 2012
Starting January 2012 Caldic will distribute KCC Silicones in Germany, Spain and Portugal, opening up a range of new opportunities for both companies. KCC will leverage Caldic's market position while Caldic gains the backing of one of the world&r…  Read More »
Matrix System Salt Eraser designed to solve winter salt problem
Matrix System Salt Eraser designed to solve winter salt problem

January 10, 2012
Matrix System Automotive Finishes launched its award winning Salt Eraser to the specialty automotive market last year at AAPEX and now is offering the same product to solve many of winter’s salt problems. The winter months bring out the rock s…  Read More »
RahuCat’s environmentally friendly coatings, composites and inks technology sold to US specialty chemicals solutions firm

January 10, 2012
Clearwater Corporate Finance has advised Unilever Ventures (UV) and RahuCat Management on the sale of UV portfolio company Rahu Catalytics Ltd (RahuCat). Nottingham-based RahuCat is a developer of unique iron-ligand-based chemistry for use in enviro…  Read More »
Cortec launches high-tech microcorrosion inhibiting coating
Cortec launches high-tech microcorrosion inhibiting coating

January 9, 2012
Cortec Corporation has introduced VpCI-386, an organic water-based acrylic coating that provides a multimetal corrosion protection in harsh, outdoor, unsheltered applications. Since it can be used as a direct-to-metal coating or as a finish coat, it…  Read More »
Paint BidTracker launches new website, improved technology

January 9, 2012
Paint BidTracker hsa launched www.PaintBidTracker.com, new home to its construction reporting service devoted to the paint and coatings industry. Paint BidTracker delivers bid intelligence to contractors, consultants and suppliers with daily e-mails…  Read More »
Archway Sales Inc. named regional distributor of Clariant's pigments business unit

January 9, 2012
Effective January 1, 2012 Archway Sales Inc. has been named a regional distributor for the Clariant Corporation’s Pigments Business Unit in North America. Under the agreement, Archway will distribute Clariant’s full line of organic pigmen…  Read More »
Oxford Advanced Surfaces unveils its new solvent-resistant hydrophobic/oleophobic coating technology

January 9, 2012
Oxford Advanced Surfaces Group Plc (OAS) has produced a solvent resistant oleophobic and hydrophobic coating system using its proprietary technology—Onto XL Highly Reactive Chemistry. The technology has been used to modify the wetting and surfa…  Read More »
Motahari Pour joins Emerald Kalama Chemical
Motahari Pour joins Emerald Kalama Chemical

January 9, 2012
Emerald Kalama Chemical, a division of Emerald Performance Materials, has appointed Golnar Motahari Pour as K-Flex product line manager for Europe. Middle East and Africa. Pour fills a new position at the division European headquarters in Geleen, The…  Read More »
DuPont Performance Coatings awarded the Daimler Trucks North America Masters of Quality Award

January 6, 2012
DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) recently received the prestigious Daimler Trucks North America Masters of Quality Award. This is the fifth time DuPont has received the award, and the third time in the past four years. The Masters of Quality progra…  Read More »
Bluestar Silicones opens resin manufacturing unit in its Saint Fons factory

January 6, 2012
In France Bluestar Silicones inaugurated its new resin manufacturing unit in its Saint Fons factory. The new production unit, named IRIS, will enable the resin production capacity to be doubled. Around sixty engineers and technicians have been invol…  Read More »
H.B. Fuller to buy Forbo's adhesives business for $395 million

January 6, 2012
H.B. Fuller said it agreed to buy Swiss firm Forbo's industrial adhesives business for $395 million, as the specialty chemicals maker bulks up its presence in Europe. Europe, India, Middle East and Africa together form the second-largest mark…  Read More »
DuPont Titanium Technologies hikes costs for Ti Pure TiO2 grades globally

January 5, 2012
Effective Feb. 1, 2012, DuPont Titanium Technologies will implement a net price increase of 200 Euros per metric ton, or as permitted by contract, for all DuPont Ti Pure titanium dioxide (TiO2) grades for all countries in which invoicing is in Euro,…  Read More »
Aculon receives USPTO patent for application of organometallic coatings to substrates

January 5, 2012
Aculon, Inc., a nanotechnology enabled performance coatings company, announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has allowed a patent covering its method for applying transition metal alkoxide films to substrates. United Sta…  Read More »

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