BASF’s global training network is growing, with a newly opened Refinish Competence Center (RCC) in Vietnam and new training centers planned in the United States and Italy.
Lonza Microbial Control, which has long been an active supporter of an international treaty to assure the use of environmentally sound marine coating products, is applauding the United States’ formal approval of the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships.
Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc., Columbus, OH, plans to build a new plant in Chonburi, Thailand, which will increase its capacity to produce acrylic-based resins and serve customers in Southeast Asia.
The Protech/Oxyplast Group of Montreal, Canada, has reached an agreement to purchase the powder coating business and manufacturing assets of Innotek Powder Coatings of Big Spring, TX.