Ruco Polymers is launching a new business group, Solid Resins, by merging its powder resin and curative business with the toner resin division operated by Sybron Chemicals.
Lawyers involved in last year’s $246-billion tobacco settlement are reported to be setting their sights on a new target: a lawsuit against the manufacturers of lead pigments formerly used in house paint.
Eastman Chemical and Lawter International announced an agreement under which Eastman will acquire Lawter for approximately $500 million in cash and debt.
A federal appeals court has set aside the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s significantly tightened air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter, issued in 1997.
Coatings manufacturing in the current climate of technical changes and challenges can easily cause formulators and production personnel to overlook some fundamental procedures.