BASF is launching a new paint-on-demand (POD) manufacturing plant in Monterrey, Mexico, focused on serving coil-coating customers in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon with faster product delivery and an enhanced level of service.
Huber Engineered Materials (HEM), part of J.M. Huber Corporation, announced the launch of its new Web domain, www.hubermaterials.com, which will feature a robust product-identification tool.
Akzo Nobel and the ICCO (the Dutch Inter-Church Organization for Development Cooperation) have officially signed a cooperation agreement to jointly support two HIV/AIDS projects in the Johannesburg area of South Africa.
Dover Corp. announced that its Dover Resources subsidiary has completed the acquisition of Almatec GmbH, Europe's premier manufacturer of air-operated double-diaphragm pumps.
Dutch chemicals group DSM NV, Amsterdam, will buy U.K.-based specialty chemicals company Avecia's coating resins operation for 515 million euros ($684 million) as it focuses on high-growth activities.
In recent years, there has been significant interest in using surface coatings as an alternative to steels in erosive conditions, with a view to maximizing the tribological properties of the coating and the substrate material.
On Dec. 14, the National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA) filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California challenging California's fee program for volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions authorized by legislative initiative AB 10X and enacted by California Gov. Gray Davis in March 2003.