Brass Ring Capital, Inc. has acquired American Finishing Resources, Inc. (AFR) in partnership with AFR executive David M. Wacker. Founded in 1983, AFR provides coating removal services and related products to Midwest manufacturing plants.
PPG Industries has named Tom Mauck general manager of protective and marine coatings, a business created with the announcement that the company has reached agreement to acquire the Performance Coatings and Finishes business of Ameron International Corp.
Global specialty chemicals manufacturer Sartomer Co. has implemented a sales control on its Norsolene resins product line. The control is being implemented because of a range of events worldwide affecting the availability of C9 resin-making streams.
PUGH & CO. INTERNATIONAL: Two new waterborne amine adduct hardeners - ACTAN®DU and DU20 - have been designed for use with epoxy resins as surface treatments/primers on steel and other metals.
LIFTOMATIC MATERIAL HANDLING, INC.: The 4-DCM fork-mounted drum handler is automatic and mechanical and handles one, two, three or four drums in a straight-line configuration.
CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC.: The new UCECOAT® family of waterborne UV urethane acrylate resins is designed to offer higher performance, faster curing, environmental compliance and ease of application for a range of wood and non-wood coatings, including those used in wood flooring, kitchen cabinets, wood furniture, paper upgrading and vinyl/parquet flooring.
PPG Industries has reached an agreement to acquire the Performance Coatings and Finishes business of Ameron International Corp., Pasadena, Calif., for a purchase price of US$115 million plus working capital adjustment.
Cognis Polymers, Coatings & Inks (PCI) business has consolidated the European production of its DSX range of environmentally friendly high-performance rheology additives at its site in Castellbisbal, Spain, near Barcelona.
According to a recent report from the consulting firm Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, global consumption of radiation-cured products in 2005 was 270,000 metric tons (MT) with a value of $2.75 billion.
Raimar JahnHead of BASF's Coatings Operating Division and Chief Executive Officer, BASF Coatings AG Raimar Jahn has been named to head BASF's Coatings Operating Division, effective July 1, 2006. He
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