The American Coatings Association (ACA) recently partnered with the U.S. Commercial Service (CS), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, in an effort to help the country grow the number of industry companies that export products.
DKSH’s Business Unit Performance Materials has become a member of the Rx-360 international pharmaceutical supply chain consortium, making it one of only a few chemical distribution companies in the consortium.
SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. (SWeNT) has entered into a distribution agreement with Itochu Plastics Inc., part of the Itochu group, to distribute throughout Asia commercially produced specialty multi-wall and single-wall carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotube inks, pastes and dispersions.
PPG Industries reported net sales for the second quarter 2012 of $4 billion. Net income for the quarter was $362 million, or $2.34 per diluted share, including nonrecurring charges.
The Hydraulic Institute (HI) members have approved a bylaw change that broadens eligibility for Associate membership to include all corporations that manufacture products or develop software for ultimate use in or with pumps and pumping systems.
Akzo Nobel N.V. (AkzoNobel) reported an eight percent increase in second-quarter revenue compared with the same period in 2011, mainly driven by pricing actions to offset higher raw material costs and currency effects.
Laboratory instrument manufacturer SEAL Analytical has announced the appointment of Ordior Oy as exclusive distributor in Finland for the company’s range of market-leading automated discrete and segmented flow analyzers.
BYK Additives & Instruments has honored its international project team responsible for the company’s additive CERAFLOUR® 1000 with the BYK Advance innovation award.