Crompton Corp., Middlebury, Conn., and Great Lakes Chemical Corp., Indianapolis, announced that once their merger is complete, the new company will be known as "Chemtura" (pronounced chem-CHOOR-a) Corporation.
The Dow Chemical Company plans to build a new phenolic glycol ether production unit in Freeport, Texas, to meet the changing needs of its performance-solvents customers.
The UMR Coatings Institute invites companies who have interest in coatings to consider sponsoring a University of Missouri - Rolla (UMR) student for a summer intern position.
Rohm and Haas Company intends to consolidate its North American Powder Coatings operations into two sites, closing its Wytheville, Va., plant by the first quarter of 2006.
At it spring meeting in Arizona, NPCA's board of directors and executive committee took action on several initiatives, including the association's Architectural and Industrial Maintenance (AIM) Coatings - Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) policy, a federal legislative strategy to address childhood lead poisoning and further study of a possible national system for the management of post-consumer paint.