Suppliers News
July 12, 2012
Heubach officially opened a new production plant for pigment preparations in Langelsheim, Germany. The building comprises a total area of 2,300 square meters. On an area of 1,500 square meters, universal and water-based colorants will be produced wit…
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July 6, 2012
Nanoledge, a Telesystem portfolio company, has sold its high performance resin business to Telesystem's Nanoledge sells its high performance resin business to Axson, a formulator of high performance polymers.
Nanoledge is a startup focused on th…
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July 5, 2012
A judgement was handed down by a European court in June that Clariant Produkte (Deutschland GmbH), a German pigment manufacturer had been wrongfully claiming that Sudafast 132 (PY191) infringed its patent. It was also held that Clariant had issued un…
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July 4, 2012
Huntsman Corporation has acquired the remaining ownership of Russian joint venture Huntsman NMG (HNMG), giving it full ownership of the company. HNMG is a supplier of polyurethane systems to the adhesives, coatings and footwear markets in Russia, Ukr…
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June 27, 2012
Elementis plc has agreed, through its wholly owned subsidiary Elementis Holdings Limited, to purchase Watercryl Quimica Ltda, a Brazilian coatings additives company, for $24 million.
Watercryl was established in 1993 and is a supplier of additives t…
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June 13, 2012
Rockwood Holdings, Inc. announced that its titanium dioxide venture Sachtleben has reached an agreement to acquire the titanium dioxide production assets and inventory of Crenox GmbH, based in Krefeld, Germany. The acquisition is expected to close by…
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June 6, 2012
Lonza has received a registration from the U.S. EPA for the use of its copper Omadine antimicrobial as an agent to deter the growth of algae and other foulants on ships. The registration covers the product's use in marine hull paints that are app…
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June 6, 2012
Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC, have reached a definitive agreement to purchase Benda-Lutz Werke GmbH, a manufacturer of metallic effect products based in Austria.
The acquisition would allow Sun Chemical and DIC to purchase 100 percent of…
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June 5, 2012
Lanxess is now offering Bayferrox 912 LOM, the yellow iron oxide pigment manufactured at its site in Porto Feliz, Brazil, for sale worldwide. The pigment was launched on the North and South American markets years ago and due to its special product pr…
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June 5, 2012
Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) and Reactive Surfaces have agreed to combine the marine coatings technology of Advanced Polymer Coatings with the surface-modifying additive technology of Reactive Surfaces in order to offer an environmentally benign,…
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June 4, 2012
Perstorp has set up a joint venture with Thailand's largest chemical producer PTT Global Chemical for the manufacturing and sales of products for the polyurethane industry. PTT Global Chemical holds 51 percent and Perstorp 49 percent of the new j…
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June 1, 2012
The Lubrizol Corporation won a Ringier Technology Innovation Award at the 9th annual China Green Coatings Summit held May 15-16, at the Renaissance Shanghai Pudong Hotel in Shanghai, China. The summit is considered to be one of China’s most imp…
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May 31, 2012
Momentive Specialty Chemicals, Inc., has started production at its VeoVa vinyl ester monomer plant in Shanxi province, China. This plant, a production joint venture with Shanxi Sanwei Group Co., Ltd., provides a second manufacturing location for VeoV…
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May 31, 2012
Air Products has won the 2012 Ringier Coatings Technology Innovation Award for its new Airase 8070 deaerator, a high performance, siloxane polyether-based deaerator for controlling microfoam and pinholes in waterborne coatings, especially those appli…
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May 28, 2012
Solvay inaugurated its new research, development and technology center at Savli, Gujarat State, India. The center will focus its efforts mainly on the development of high-performance polymers, organic chemistry, nano composites and green chemistry. H…
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