The specialty chemicals group ALTANA has signed a definite agreement to acquire the global rheology business of Rockwood Holdings Inc. The unit, currently part of Rockwood's "Performance Additives" segment, is one of the world's leading ...
Tags: Construction
Social media has influence on regular viewers of television shows but has little impact on drawing new or infrequent viewers to a show,according to new findings by the Council for Research Excellence(CRE). The effect of social media on ...
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Intelligrated, a leading North American-based automated material handling solutions provider, will host a series of educational events at its St. Louis facility April 8-12. The educational events will commemorate the fourth annual National ...
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Freight operators will soon have better access to the Chullora Intermodal with the Federal and NSW governments agreeing to jointly fund the first stage of upgrades of the local roads connecting the facility to the Hume Highway. The ...
US-based commercial property and casualty carrier, American Resources Insurance Company (ARIC) has extended its partnership arrangement with Rockwood Programs. As part of the extension, ARIC's producer network will be provided with ...
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U.S. 8,206,681 B2 Rockwood Italia SpA has been granted a patent for a process for producing red iron oxide comprised of providing a ferrous chloride feedstock, precipitating high surface area lepidocrocite seeds having a BET surface area ...
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Kemira Oyj and Rockwood Holdings Inc. have signed an agreement, according to which Rockwood buys Kemira's share (39%) of the titanium dioxide joint venture Sachtleben GmbH. The transaction price of the deal is €97.5 million and will ...
Tags: Kemira, Its Stake, Sachtleben GmbH
The relentless rise in raw materials costs, which has been hitting European coatings producers over the last 2-3 years, has at last been easing. But the relief from the constant pressure of rising input prices may be short lived. The ...
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iFrogz®, a ZAGG Inc brand specializing in creative, fashion-driven mobile accessories, has launched a premium, eco-friendly line of cases for the Apple® iPhone 5®. Called the Natural series, each case is made from a combination ...
Rockwood Programs has completed acquisition of the remaining ownership interest in Florida-based agency, Modern Insurance Consultants. The company has already acquired a majority stake in the professional liability errors and omissions ...
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Despite the booming profits of TiO2 producers in Europe, they still want to diversify their portfolio into speciality pigments to ensure higher profit margins in the long-term. This switch into specialities is causing concern among ...
Tags: TiO2, Europe, coatings producers
December 10, 2012 - Electric vehicle (EV) drivers can charge their vehicles while they shop at Stone Road Mall thanks to Guelph Hydro Inc. The utility has installed an EV charging station (managed by Primaris) at the mall as a pilot ...
Tags: charging station, a pilot program, transportation accounts