After RÜTGERS Novares GmbH, a subsidiary company of internationally operating RÜTGERS Group, had acquired and fully integrated the 50 % share capital of Resinall Europe into their Business Line Resins & Modifiers, RÜTGERS ...
Tags: Resinall RüTgers, GmbH, Construction
SABIC announced Thursday a restructuring program in Europe that includes the closure of certain assets and a net reduction of approximately 1,050 jobs, one-third contracting staff and two-thirds SABIC employees, the company said in a ...
BASF is taking firm steps to stop the distribution of counterfeit versions of its Irgacure® 819 photoinitiator product. After repeatedly issuing notifications, BASF has contacted distributors identified as offering counterfeit Irgacure ...
Tags: BASF, Photoinitiator Business
Evonik Corporation, one of the world’s leading specialty chemicals companies, today announced an extension of its contract with Georgia-based distribution company Lintech International LLC to expand distribution of its Coatings & ...
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Parallel to hiving off the phenolic-resin activities into Prefere Resins Company, Dynea transferred wood-adhesives business into a separate partial division trading as Dynea North during the course of the first quarter of 2013. Dynea North ...
Natural materials Directly "burning" images on wood were some of the first uses of engraving lasers. The laser power required here is often less than 10 watts depending on the laser being used as most are different. Hardwoods like walnut, ...
Tags: Materials, Laser engraving
Laser engraving, and laser marking, is the practice of using lasers to engrave or mark an object. The technique does not involve the use of inks, nor does it involve tool bits which contact the engraving surface and wear out. These ...
US-based Alitair Pharmaceuticals has retained Finn, Warnke & Gayton to sell two Alitair patents and an associated royalty stream at a sealed bid sale on 24 May 2013. The first patent, which was issued in 2012, covers the use of ion ...
Tags: Alitair Pharmaceuticals, Health, Medicine
The European Coatings Show (ECS) took place in March 2013 in Nuremberg, Germany, at a time of continued static demand in the European Union’s coating market. The exhibition and the congress that was held at the same time is one of ...
Tags: European Coatings, Coatings
In honor of the 25th DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, DuPont is asking the industry to vote on the past packaging breakthroughs that most impacted people's lives. You can vote by clicking here. From hundreds of past winners, DuPont ...
Two Japanese companies, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company and Mitsubishi Corporation are in the final stages of an agreement with the Government of Trinidad and Tobago and local partner, Neal & Massy Holdings Limited, to start developing a ...
Tags: natural gas, petrochemicals, Textile
Compostable and sustainable bioplastics manufacturer Cereplast has announced that the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Cereplast Italia has added about seven sales agents to promote its products in Italy and neighboring countries. ...
Kuraray will break ground on a greenfield Kuraray Poval (PVOH) plant located in La Porte, Texas. This new plant will add to Kuraray's vast portfolio of manufacturing in the United States, including EVAL (ethylene vinyl acetate) and SEPTON ...
Tags: Textile, Chemicals, ethylene vinyl acetate, co-block thermo-elastomers
Australian developer and manufacturer of sustainable resins Cardia Bioplastics has joined forces with Highland Plastics to provide sustainable packaging systems for consumer and institutional applications. As part of this, Highland ...
Tags: packaging systems, packaging
Plastic Connectors Benefit Critical ApplicationsRiley Phipps, Technical and Design Services Manager, Value Plastics, Inc., a Nordson Company Industrial and laboratory OEM designers are constantly being challenged to come up with more ...