UCB Group and Solutia Inc. announced a definitive agreement under which UCB will acquire
Solutia's Resins, Additives and Adhesives businesses for $500 million in cash, plus a $10 million exclusivity fee.
DuPont Co. has given a Marketing Excellence Award to a team from the company's Textiles & Interiors Nylon
Intermediates, Specialties and Polymer business that developed the Vapor Hazard Ratio.
The RadTech Europe Association and Vincentz Verlag announced plans for the RadTech Europe 2003
Conference and Exhibition, scheduled for Nov. 3-5, 2003, in Berlin.
In the December 2002 issue, a product name was inadvertently misspelled. EMD Chemicals Inc., formerly EM Industries Inc., is
a producer of Iriodin, for use in plastics, ink and coatings. PCI regrets the error.
Akzo Nobel said it may cut more jobs in its coatings and pharmaceutical businesses in addition to
previously announced reductions, according to news reports in Europe.
A Maryland judge has effectively dismissed the remaining case in a lawsuit filed by the state of Maryland and
initiated by prominent Baltimore lawyer Peter Angelos against former manufacturers of lead-based paint and pigments, the
National Paint & Coatings Association reported.