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Published 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… Read More »
Published July 4, 2012
Quaker Chemical Corporation has purchased NP Coil Dexter Industries S.r.l., a European manufacturer and supplier of metal surface treatment products. NP Coil Dexter's proprietary formulations of metal surface treatment products include pretreatme… Read More »
Published 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… Read More »
Published 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… Read More »
Published 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… Read More »
Published April 19, 2012
Celanese Corporation has received key government approvals necessary to proceed with its previously announced plans to modify and enhance its existing integrated acetyl facility at the Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park to produce ethanol for industria… Read More »
The Resins Market
By Tim Wright, Editor
Published April 19, 2012
Resins suppliers reported modest recovery in 2011 and are optimistic that these improvements will continue into 2012. Read More »
Patent Pendency: A Great Reason to Cherish Your Trade Secrets
By Steve McDaniel, JD, PhD; and Jon Hurt, PhD, Technology Litigators
Published April 19, 2012
So, rather than protecting your product and your market share using trade secrets, you opt to patent your new and exciting additive, coating formulation, paint container, paint sprayer, etc., in the United States. Let’s say the U.S. is a huge m… Read More »
Cross Over The Bridge
By Phil Phillips, PhD, Contributing Writer
Published April 19, 2012
Making the transition from idea to the marketplace. Read More »
BASF Building New Acrylic Plant in Brazil
By Charles Thurston, Latin America Correspondent
Published April 19, 2012
Production cost of its Suvinil paint line to drop. Read More »
Coatings Industry Continues Strong Push To Recovery
By Sean Milmo, Europe Correspondent
Published April 19, 2012
Q1 results better than expected. Read More »
Published March 28, 2012
ShawCor Ltd. announced that its pipecoating division, Bredero Shaw, has received contracts with a value in excess of US$30 million from PEARLOIL (Sebuku) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pearl Energy, which is the Southeast Asia operating arm of… Read More »
Published March 27, 2012
Dunn-Edwards has received a Real Estate and Development (RED) Award from the Arizona Commercial Real Estate (AZRE) for Best Industrial Project for its new 336,000 square foot manufacturing facility. The 7th Annual RED Awards recognize the most notabl… Read More »
Published March 22, 2012
Lucite International, Inc. said it is progressing with its investment to establish 150kte per year production of methyl methacrylate (MMA) in 2012 at its Beaumont, Texas, facility. The company will continue to produce MMA at its Memphis, Tenn., facil… Read More »
Published March 21, 2012
Sherwin-Williams and Riverstone Residential Group, a national, privately-owned, third-party multifamily management provider, have formed a multi-year supply partnership. Under the agreement, Riverstone's extensive portfolio of properties will dir… Read More »
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