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.
Holliday Pigments, a supplier of ultramarine blue pigments, has been awarded two internationally recognized standards for environment and health and safety at its Comines site in northern France.
Pump Solutions Group (PSG®), a business unit operating within the Dover Fluid Management Segment of Dover Corp., announced the appointment of Karl Buscher to the newly created position of Senior Vice President-PSG Commercial.