Cytec Industries Inc. is building a new production unit to manufacture RADCURE™ epoxy and urethane acrylates at the company's Fengxian site production facility near Shanghai, China.

BASF's acquisition of resins manufacturer Johnson Polymer was closed on July 1, 2006. The acquisition includes Johnson Polymer's production sites in the U.S. and in the Netherlands, as well as technical centers and offices in Asia Pacific.

Detroit, MI-based Kolene Corp. and Leutkirch, Germany-based ABL TECHNIC have signed a joint venture agreement that offers the Kolene Recover® process and ABL spray technologies to customers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico through a new company, Recover TECHNIC.

PRODUCTION PLUS CORP.: The Magic Rack® paint rack and paint hook systems for powder coating and liquid spray parts finishing processes are designed to be durable, flexible and economical.

ITW AUTOMOTIVE FINISHING GROUP: The RMA-303 direct rotary atomizer is designed to be flexible and efficient. The system's color match or clear coat cup technology, along with dual-shaped air passages, reportedly provide optimum flexibility from large panels to cut-ins.

A new high-flow multi-gun valve, the MGV12-3000, lets users operate two or more water jet lances from a single high-pressure pump unit at flows as high as 60 gpm (227 lpm).

SPHINX ADSORBENTS, INC.: A new molecular sieve desiccant has been introduced for industrial desiccant dryers used in drying chemicals, plastics, fuels and gases.

VAN AIR SYSTEMS: The EDV-2006 Terminator™ solenoid drain valve is designed to be an inexpensive and reliable means of removing condensate from air systems, including filters, dryers, drop legs, receiver tanks, separators, and aftercoolers.

PAUL N. GARDNER CO., INC.: The ForeEyes™ 2020 portable video inspection recorder combines a 3.5" TFT LCD with a 20 Gigabyte hard drive to record, with narration, the equivalent to 40 full-length movies.

ICA GROUP: New UV coatings for parquet floors are designed take advantage of the opportunities afforded by miniscule particles as small as 20 nanometers (nm) to boost performance and abrasion resistance.