Industry Analysis - Business Operation

The Shepherd Color Co. and The Shepherd Chemical Co. have jointly formed a legal, entity, Shepherd Europe Ltd., to serve as an Only Representative for REACH pre-registration of its non-European manufactured products. Established in the UK, this new s… Read More »

Reichhold, a leading supplier of unsaturated polyester resins, has announced its intention to invest in a Greenfield facility in India. The company has started construction at a site located at Ranjangoan, in Pune district of Maharashtra state. The n… Read More »

Aleris International, Inc. will be permanently close its Toronto, Ontario, Canada coil coating facility. Production will be phased-out during the first quarter of 2008 and the site will be permanently closed shortly thereafter. The facility, which wa… Read More »

A strategic alliance between Rolls-Royce, a market leader in marine applications, and UCT Coatings Inc. is bringing new technology to the marine market and is about to start work on a $7 million U.S. Navy research contract. The contract, placed with… Read More »

ShawCor Ltd. has announced that its subsidiary, Shaw Pipe Protection Ltd. will invest $11 million to construct a new pipe coating facility in Camrose, Alberta, Canada to provide technologically advanced internal pipe coatings and insulation systems f… Read More »

Akzo Nobel Powder Coatings has opened a facility in Dubai. The new factory is the company’s first manufacturing site in the United Arab Emirates. The investment, which represents an acceleration of the company’s Middle East growth plans,… Read More »

In companies of all sizes one hears and sees many different types of vision statements. They decorate the halls in prominent places and are placed noticeably in annual reports and in strategic plans and other important documents. Chemark has witnes… Read More »

The previous article in this series (Nov. '07) introduced the Miller Leadership Model. It represents five areas of responsibility a leader must call his or her own. These five core endeavors cannot be delegated. They include: Understanding the e… Read More »

Jotun Paints will provide coatings for the construction of 30 buildings, the World Trade Center, and the GCC Central Bank Tower to be constructed as part of the King Abdullah Financial District in Saudi Arabia. Read More »