BASF Corp., Mount Olive, NJ, said its automotive-coatings manufacturing plant in Belvidere, NJ, recently marked its 20th year without a missed workday by an employee due to an on-site accident.
The Dow Chemical Co., Midland, MI, and Reichhold Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC, announced the start-up of operations for Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex L.L.C., a latex joint-venture business.
DuPont Co., saying it is taking the next step in its transformation to a "sustainable growth company," on announced the realignment of its businesses into five market- and technology-focused growth platforms.
Kerr-McGee Chemical L.L.C. announced the promotions of Kelly A. Green to vice president of Global Technical Sales and Service, a new position, and John D. Romano to vice president of Global Pigment Marketing. The company named Ian M. Mouland to succeed Romano as regional manager for Pigment Sales in the Eastern Region of the Americas.
Degussa Corp.'s Silanes Business Line, Parsippany, NJ, has appointed Baker & Collinson Inc., Detroit, distributor of Degussa's organosilanes product line in the Midwest.
Grace Davison, Baltimore, announced the opening of Technical Customer Service centers in Atsugi, Japan, and Sunde, China, to serve customers in the coatings and digital-printing industries.