EMCO Chemical Distributors Canada Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of EMCO Chemical Distributors Inc., Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, successfully completed the acquisition of Inortech Chimie Inc., Terrebonne, Quebec.
Evonik Industries AG has completed its acquisition of the specialty additives business (Performance Materials Division) of Air Products Inc. for $3.8 billion, and the integration of the acquired business is underway.
“Recent changes in OSHA rules and regulations will affect chemical companies and countless employers of all sizes,” veteran labor and employment attorney Joseph P. Paranac Jr. warned at the Metropolitan New York Coatings Association (MNYCA) Fall Technical Forum.
Using experimental techniques, researchers at Northumbria University, Newcastle, England, and Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, England, have made the first-ever direct observation of the elusive dewetting process, which takes place when a liquid film retracts to form a bead-shaped drop.
PPG announced the completion of a COLORFUL COMMUNITIES™ project in Mangere, New Zealand, near Auckland that helped to revitalize Whare Koa Mangere Community House.
Renner Coatings and VersaFlex Inc. have signed a co-labeling agreement to provide VersaFlex's line of pure polyurea systems to the Brazilian and Chilean markets.
As of January 1, 2017, Ferro and Simon & Werner GmbH have extended their current distribution partnership in Germany for pigments used in coatings, construction, plastics, cosmetics and other industrial markets.