AkzoNobel announced on Friday the sale of its North American Decorative Paints business to PPG Industries at a value of$1.05 billion.The deal includes cash proceeds of$875 million which will be used for investment and debt reduction by ...
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Clariant, a world leader in Specialty Chemicals, joins high-level discussions shaping the future of the fabric and home care industry at the AOCS World Conference in Singapore, October 29-31, 2012. The inaugural event includes key note ...
The Mafatlal Industries Limited, India's leading vertically integrated textile manufacturing company, has in collaboration with Girisons Clothing Industry. With this launch, the company that has been dealing in fabrics and bed linen ...
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AkzoNobel today announced that the Supervisory Board and Board member Leif Darner have mutually agreed that Leif will step down from the Board of Management at the 2013 AGM in April.Conrad Keijzer,currently Managing Director of AkzoNobel ...
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Eastman Chemical Company has joined The World Business Council for Sustainable Development(WBCSD).The company will be closely involved with the WBCSD's new Chemical Sector,"Reaching Full Potential"project. Eastman produces a broad range ...
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AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals has sponsored the semi-annual technical seminar of the Coatings Research Group Inc.(CRGI).An international industry association dedicated to the benefits of shared research and development,the CRGI recently ...
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BASF has named Paul Whittleston as vice president for Automotive Refinish Coatings in North America, effective January 1, 2013. In his new role, Whittleston will be based in Southfield, Michigan. Prior to this appointment, ...
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Louisiana-based developer of specialty chemicals Albermarle announced the opening of Albemarle's Asia-Pacific Center of Excellence (CoE), its Asia-Pacific shared services center in Dalian, China, that would complement facilities in Baton ...
Global specialty chemicals company Eastman Chemical has been assigned a patent number 8,287,970 for ‘plastic baby bottles, other blow molded articles, and processes for their manufacture.’ The patent has been developed by ...
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Germany-based Henkel has signed an agreement with the specialty chemicals company in the US, Cytec Industries to acquire its high-performance pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA) product range. Henkel said the acquisition is in line with ...
A BYK innovation team has won the 2012 Altana Innovation Award. The prize was awarded for high performance CRP wetting and dispersing additives for sophisticated coatings applications. The prize awards technically outstanding innovations ...
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SAFC, a custom manufacturing and services business unit of Sigma-Aldrich, has expanded its portfolio of PharmaGrade raw materials which are used for manufacturing biopharmaceuticals. The portfolio, in addition to 25 new raw materials, ...
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Specialty chemicals and biologics supplier SAFC has inked an agreement with CrystalGenomics to develop active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID). The agreement reflects SAFC's ...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering a plan to clean up Diaz Chemical Superfund site in the western New York town of Holley. The EPA's proposed plan calls for the use of a heating technology to treat six areas of ...
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DiFusion Technologies and German-based specialty chemicals company Evonik Degussa have collaborated to develop a PEEK based product, CleanFUZE, a new medical polymer that prevents infection and promotes bone and tissue integration. ...
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