I ndustry News
Rohm and Haas acquires Finndisp
Rohm and Haas Co. has completed
the acquisition of Finndisp, the polymer dispersions division of OY Focit
AB for € 60 million. Finndisp, based
in Hanko, Finland, makes water-based emulsions used in the manufacture of paint, coatings, lacquers
and adhesives. The company’s portfolio includes low temperature, high
performance products specifically
designed for use in Northern Europe
and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The acquisition
also includes two plants–one in
Hanko, and another under construction in Ramenskoye, Russia. These
will become part of a network of
more than 30 plants worldwide.
DSM NEORESINS OPENS R&D
FACILITY/COMPLETES EXPANSION
DSM NeoResins has opened its R&D
facilities for powder coating resins in
Shanghai, China. The facilities will
feature chemical synthesis as well as
application testing. The company
PRICING CHANGES
BASF: May 1—6-8% increase on resins in
North America; $0.10/lb. increase for polyetheramine D230 and polyetheramine D2000
and $0.15/lb. increase for polyetheramine
T403 and polyetheramine T5000.
Cytec: April 15—5-10% increase on UV/EB
curable monomers, oligomers and photoini-tators and Vancryl acrylic resins in the
Americas.
Dow Coating Solutions: April 1—
$0.04/wet lb. increase for all Ucar acrylic,
Ucar styrene acrylic and Newcar acrylic
latexes in North America.
Tronox: April 1—increases of €100/ton in
Europe, $120/ton in the Asia-Pacific region,
33 Yen/kg in Japan and $150/ton in the
Middle East and Africa for all grades of titanium dioxide.
has also completed NeoResins+
expansion in Meppen, Germany. The
new manufacturing unit will manufacture specialty polyurethane dispersions that are used in high-end
decorative professional and DIY
paints, metal and plastic coatings and
parquet lacquers.
CELANESE OPENS TECHNOLOGY
CENTER IN HOUSTON
Celanese has recently opened its
Houston Technology Center for its
emulsion polymers and polyvinyl
alcohol (PVOH) businesses. The
31,200 square-foot facility, which will
house both the R&D and technical
services groups, includes both analytical and application testing laboratories for a wide range of industrial and
consumer end-use products. The
Houston Technology Center is the
newest addition to the businesses’
technology network, with additional
locations in Frankfurt, Germany and
Shanghai, China.
Wacker Polymers: April 15—up to
5%/wet lb. increase for vinyl acetate ethylene co-polymer and vinyl acetate vinyl chloride copolymer dispersions sold in the
Americas.
DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT
BASF Corp. has appointed Dempsey Corp. as a
distributor in Canada for its full line of resins.
Micro Powders has appointed Archway Sales
(formerly Deeks & Co.) as their exclusive agent in
the Ohio territory, including OH, MI, western PA,
KY, western NY, southern IN and WV, to represent
their line of high performance wax additives.
Troy Corp. has appointed The Chidley and Peto
Company as its manufacturer’s representative for
its specialty biocides and metal carboxylates in
the Midwest regions of the U.S.
DOW INTRODUCES COATINGS
SOLUTIONS BUSINESS UNIT
The Dow Chemical Company has
introduced a new global market-facing
business unit, Dow Coating Solutions,
to customers involved in all aspects of
the industry. Dow Coating Solutions
focuses exclusively on the needs of
coatings formulators and leverages
many resources within Dow, including
more than a dozen product chemistries,
R&D staff and global commercial and
supply infrastructure.
SUN CHEMICAL AND NANTONG
SHANJING FORM JOINT VENTURE
Sun Chemical and its parent company, Dainippon Ink and Chemicals
(DIC) have formed a joint venture
with Nantong DIC Metallic
Pigments Co., Ltd., an aluminum
pigment manufacturer. The joint
venture expands on a distribution
agreement announced in Oct. 2007
that allows Sun Chemical and DIC
to market Nantong Shanjing products for the coatings, plastics and
graphic arts industries worldwide
under the new SunMetallics brand.
IN BRIEF
Eliokem has launched a new web
site, www.stainblockingprimers.com,
to promote the benefits and features
of odorless primers............Cytec
Industries has announced plans to
establish a sulfosuccinate surfactants manufacturing and technical
center in South Korea...Cytec has
also launched new web pages about
liquid coating resins, UV/EB coating
resins and powder coating resins on
its web site www.cytec.com...DSM
Desotech has acquired U.S.-based
Polymeric Processes Inc. (PPI), a
producer of UV-curable coatings for
tube and pipe applications. CW
