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Use of ABS Cuts Cost of Manufacture for Ventilation Grid Cover Frames

Luran S, and ABS material from BASF has been used to make large cover frames for ventilation grids. Although the material itself is more expensive then the tradition material, other advantages see the the overall manufacturing cost significantly reduced.

14 Jan 2008

DuPont Begin Manufacturing Performance Coatings for Automotive Refinishers in China

A new DuPont Performance Coatings plant has begun manufacturing operations in the Jiading district of Shanghai. Plans for the new facility, which primarily will serve the Chinese automotive refinish market, were announce...

11 Jan 2008

New Options for In-Line Particle Size Analysis of Pharmaceuticals from Malvern

Malvern Panalytical has introduced two new options for in-line particle size analysis for the pharmaceutical industry.

From Malvern Panalytical 10 Jan 2008

PolyOne Restructures Polymer Coating Systems Businesses

PolyOne Corporation, a leading global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, has reorganized its Polymer Coating Systems (PCS) into two business units. The Wilflex inks and specialty colora...

10 Jan 2008

Aleris International to Permanently Close Canadian Aluminum Coil Coating Facility

Aleris International, Inc. announced today that it will be permanently closing its Toronto, Ontario coil coating facility. Production will be phased-out during the first quarter of 2008 and the site will be permanently c...

9 Jan 2008

Exousia Advanced Materials Acquire Surface Modification Intellectual Property

Exousia Advanced Materials, Inc. announces the acquisition of key intellectual property from Composite Particles, Inc. In an agreement with Composite Particles, Exousia acquired all the rights, title, interest and associ...

8 Jan 2008

PPG Acquires Worldwide Coatings Manufacturer

PPG Industries today announced that it had completed the acquisition of SigmaKalon Group, a worldwide coatings producer based in Uithoorn, Netherlands, from global private investment firm Bain Capital. The total transact...

3 Jan 2008

New Training Center for Spies Hecker

Spies Hecker, a brand of DuPont Performance Coatings products used in the automotive collision repair industry, recently opened a new training center in Cologne, Germany.

27 Dec 2007

Dow's New Specialty Alkanolamine Production Facility Fully Operational

The Dow Chemical Company announced today that a new integrated Specialty Alkanolamines facility constructed by its Amines business in Plaquemine, La., has passed all design tests and is now fully operational and producin...

27 Dec 2007

10 Years of Neopentyl Glycol Production at Ludwigshafen for BASF

The neopentyl glycol (NPG) plant of BASF at Ludwigshafen has turned 10 this year. BASF had started up a world-scale plant in 1997, replacing a much smaller facility. In 2007, the capacity of this plant was raised by 10,0...

27 Dec 2007

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