Cytec Industries Inc. has announced net earnings for the second quarter 2010 of $61.8 million or $1.24 per diluted share on net sales of $874 million. Included in the quarter is a special item charge of $3.1 million of net expense after-tax, or $0.06 per diluted share. Excluding this special item, net earnings were $64.8 million or $1.31 per diluted share.
The organizers of NanoMaterials2010 report that the event was a great success, with a 20-percent increase in attendance compared to the 2009 conference.
Jotun has released a new high-end floor coating that is specially formulated to be user friendly and have low environmental impact. Jotafloor Rapid Dry WB is the first floor coating based on nanotechnology.
Atrion International has announced its support of REACH Annex II Safety Data Sheets (SDS) with the release of its Intelligent Authoring (IA) version 4.2.