The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded its Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award to BASF's Automotive Refinish Coatings business for the company's eco-efficient UV-curable primer.
Selected assets of the DSM SomosĀ® selective laser sintering business conducted by DSM Desotech Inc. and its DSM Somos subsidiary based in New Castle, Del., have been sold to The Valspar Corporation, Minneapolis.
The University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) is offering "Basic Composition of Coatings" on September 12-16, 2005, and "Introduction to Paint Formulation" on October 10-15, 2005.
Rohm and Haas Company celebrated the official groundbreaking of its new China Research and Development Center in Shanghai, with nearly 200 distinguished guests in attendance.
Philadelphia Mixing Solutions, Ltd. (PMSL), a leading industrial mechanical- and process-mixing optimization specialist, has announced availability of the world's largest mixing and process test lab for customers and contract facilities.
Fusion UV Systems, Inc., has been granted US patent 6,908,586 B1, "Free Radical Polymerization Method Having Reduced Premature Termination, Apparatus for Performing the Method, and Product Formed Thereby."
BASF Coatings is expanding its market presence in Africa. Starting immediately, BASF Coatings' automotive repair products in the Glasurit and Salcomix brands of refinish lines will be available in Ghana.