I ndustry News
Reichhold invests for growth in India
Reichhold, a leading supplier of
unsaturated polyester resins, has
announced its intention to invest in
a Greenfield facility in India. The
company has started construction at
a site located at Ranjangoan, in
Pune district of Maharashtra state.
The new facility is scheduled for
completion September 2008.
“The composites market in India
is continuously growing and we have
received many customer requests for
Reichhold technology and service
from fabricators in this region,” said
Reichhold CFO Roger Willis, who
also serves as managing director,
Reichhold India Private Limited.
“We are committed to serving this
expanding market by providing our
customers with quality products at
cost-effective prices and sharing our
technical expertise in polyester
resins for a comprehensive range of
applications.”
PRICING CHANGES
Cray Valley: Dec. 1—$0.05/lb.
increase for Wingtack and Norsolene
resins in North and South America.
Cytec: Effective immediately—10%
increase for its PTZ phenothiazine product line.
Evonik: Feb. 1—5% increase for
Acematt matting agents worldwide.
Silberline: March 1—10% increase on
aluminum pigments.
Tronox: Jan. 15—$0.06/lb. increase for
all Tronox titanium grades in the U.S. and
Canada and $130/ton increase in Mexico
and Latin America.
DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT
Reichhold has appointed Callahan
Company to distribute its line of performance
specialty polymers.
JOINT REACH
ENTITY FORMED
The Shepherd Color Co. and The
Shepherd Chemical Co. have jointly
formed a legal, entity, Shepherd
Europe Ltd., to serve as an Only
Representative for REACH pre-reg-istration of its non-European manufactured products. Established in
the UK, this new service company is
backed with proficiency in REACH
compliance and expertise in the pigment and chemical industries. For
more information on the Only
Representative function and
Shepherd Europe, send an e-mail to
rsorice@shepherdcolor.com.
FSCT ISSUES
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Federation of Societies for
Coatings Technology’s (FSCT)
Advancements in Coatings Series has
issued a call for papers for its 2009
Coatings for Concrete Conference:
“Coating”the World of Concrete.
Presented in conjunction with the
World of Concrete, this two-day conference, which will be held Feb. 1-2 in Las
Vegas, NV, will offer a two-track forum
for all professionals who specify and
use coatings on concrete, as well as
coating manufacturers and raw material suppliers. To be considered send a
200-word abstract along with contact
information. The deadline for abstract
submissions is April 1. For more information contact FSCT, (610) 940-0777;
E-mail: education@coatingstech.org;
Web: www.coatingstech.org.
ELIOKEM DEVELOPS NEW CRP
MANUFACTURING PROCESS
Eliokem’s R&D department has developed a new process of manufacturing
emulsifier free-controlled nanolatex
made by controlled radical polymeriza-
tion (CRP). The CPR technique allows
the control of polymer composition,
enabling new structures, such as block
copolymers and control over functions,
resulting in new properties obtained
from the same raw materials that are
used in conventional radical polymerization. The new technology uses a single reactor strategy, with only commercially available raw materials, to produce a surfactant-free nanolatex containing only controlled polymer. The
new process technology can be used as
a tool to produce new material with
nanotechnologies.
IN BRIEF
Nubiola Inorganic Pigments has
increased its production capacity by
25% to reach a total capacity of 16,000
metric ton per year by 2008...BASF has
instituted a surcharge for
methanol...Kate Henneke from
Archway Sales has been nominated to
the executive board of the Chicago
Printing Ink and Production
Club...Bayer and Dow Chemical Co.
have completed a license agreement
that allows Dow to produce polyether
polyols using Bayer’s Impact technology...Cognis has opened a liaison office
in Mumbai, India...Dow Biocides has
acquired the 3-iodo-2-propynyl butyl
carbonate (IPBC) molecule marketing
and registration assets of Sostram
Corp., which are marketed under the
Protram trademark...Wacker Chemie
AG has completed its acquisition of its
two joint ventures, Air Products
Polymers and Wacker Polymer
Systems...Atlas Material Testing
Technology offers a series of training
courses on weathering, operation, calibration and maintenance of its equipment ( www.atlas-mts.com)..Emerald
Performance Materials has
acquired CVC Specialty Chemicals. CW
