Huntsman Corp., The Woodlands, TX, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the business of Oxid L.P., a privately held manufacturer and marketer of specialty urethane polyols based in Houston.
Michelman has acquired Ecronova Polymer GmbH, Recklinghausen, Germany, a manufacturer of water-based polymers used in the production of paints and lacquers.
Figures recently released by the British Coatings Federation (BCF) show record low injury rates among its members, which include manufacturers of coatings, printing inks and wallcoverings.
The most recent laboratory wing of BYK Additives & Instruments, a division of ALTANA AG, is the first lab building in Germany to receive Platinum status, the highest distinction that the U.S. Green Building Council awards as part of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.
Specialty chemicals company Clariant International Ltd. and Wilmar International Limited, a leading Asian agribusiness group, have received the relevant merger clearances for the establishment of a 50-50 joint venture called The Global Amines Co., which is now in operation.
Donaldson Co. Inc., Bloomington, MN, announced construction of a new filter manufacturing plant in Skarbimierz, Poland, to serve the filtration needs of its European and Russian customers.
A series of new application notes posted on the Malvern Instruments website describes the quick and easy measurement of surface zeta potential using the zeta potential planar cell for the Zetasizer Nano particle characterization system.
Alcoa and OJSC RUSNANO will produce technologically advanced oil and gas aluminum drill pipe finished with a life-extending anti-wear coating under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by the companies.