AkzoNobel has announced its intention to invest EUR 45 million in a new dicumyl peroxide (DCP) plant at its Ningbo multi-site in China to meet growing local, regional and global demand.
PPG Industries’ aerospace business has donated coatings used to repaint a B-26G Marauder bomber airplane now on display at the D-Day Museum at Utah Beach in Normandy, France.
Environmental regulators, scientific researchers and residents of industrialized areas share a common interest: they all want to address the health and environmental impacts of pollution. But these groups often talk past one another, in part because they differ in their approaches to understanding the effects of pollution on community members' health and quality of life.
Arch Chemicals Inc., an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Lonza Group Ltd. operating within the Lonza Microbial Control business sector, has reached an agreement pursuant to which Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co. Ltd. of Japan has licensed Arch under certain patents in the United States, Europe, Japan, and China covering an advanced method of manufacturing 1, 2 benzisothiazolin 3-one (BIT).
Specialty Coating Systems will be hosting a free, educational webinar entitled “Advances in Conformal Coatings: Enhancing the Reliability of Innovative Technologies” on Thursday, December 1, 2011, at 9 a.m. GMT.
The Indonesian Paint Manufacturers Association (IPMA), the Indonesian Synthetic Resin Association (ARSI), the Federation of the Indonesian Chemical Industry (FIKI) and the China National Chemical Information Center (CNCIC) are jointly organizing INACOAT, Indonesia’s international premier coatings, paint, ink, adhesive, and surface finishing expo and conference, in Jakarta on July 11-13, 2012.