New York City-based private equity firm SK Capital Partners, in partnership with global investment firm First Reserve Corp., has acquired TPC Group Inc. — a Houston-based producer of value-added products derived from niche ...
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CORNING, N.Y., January 07, 2013 – Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today will introduce Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 with Native Damage Resistance™ at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this ...
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Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has signed an agreement to divest its Textile Chemicals, Paper Specialties and Emulsions businesses to SK Capital. The total consideration of the sale amounts to approximately CHF 502 ...
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The Lubrizol, a specialty chemical company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Spain-based Lipotec, a developer of personal care ingredients. Under the agreement, Lipotec will take over cosmetic active ingredients business and its ...
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Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller Tony Tripeny will update investors at the Credit Suisse Annual Technology Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., today (3p.m. MST) on the company's fourth-quarter ...
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Downtown-based PPG Industries is sitting on about $2 billion in cash as it goes into the fourth quarter, which is usually a cash-generating quarter, said Chairman and CEO Charles Bunch, and how the coatings and specialty materials company ...
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Brewer Science Inc of Rolla,MO,USA,which provides specialty materials,integrated processes,and laboratory-scale wafer processing equipment,has introduced a next-generation thermal slide debonder that enables high-temperature slide-off of ...
PPG Industries reported third quarter 2012 net sales of $3.8 billion. Net income for the quarter was $339 million, including nonrecurring charges. Adjusted net income for the quarter, excluding the nonrecurring charges, was $348 million. ...
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PITTSBURGH,Sept.12,2012–PPG Industries(NYSE:PPG)announced today that it is increasing its precipitated silica production capacity at the Lake Charles,La.,manufacturing location by more than 22,000 tons per year in response to growing ...
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PPG Industries is increasing its precipitated silica production capacity at its Lake Charles,La.,manufacturing location by more than 22,000 tons per year in response to growing demand. "Last September,we announced an increase in our ...
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Brewer Science,which is engaged in developing specialty materials,integrated processes,and laboratory-scale wafer processing equipment,will feature two conference presentations at SEMICON Taiwan being held between 5th and 7th,September. ...
Brewer Science Inc of Rolla,MO,USA,which provides specialty materials,integrated processes,and laboratory-scale wafer processing equipment,will exhibit and feature conference presentations at SEMICON Taiwan(September 5-7)at the TWTC Nangang ...
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Luminus Devices Inc of Billerica, MA, USA, which makes PhlatLight (photonic lattice) LEDs for illumination applications, has launched its latest development in packaging technology, which uses proprietary processes and new specialty ...
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American and European plastics firms are stepping up their investments in medical manufacturing in China, as that country undertakes a major expansion of its health-care system. The investments are driven both by global medical-device ...
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