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retains its powder business as well
as its aluminum pigments business.
Within the Altana Group, the
acquired business will be integrated
into the Eckart Effect Pigments division, a manufacturer of metallic and
pearlescent pigments. The acquisition is subject to approval by the
antitrust authorities. The acquired
business mainly comprises the production of copper pigments, bronze
pigments, stainless steel pigments,
as well as press-ready metallic printing inks. No manufacturing site and
no employees are included under the
agreement with USBP; the production for this business will be transferred to Eckart’s U.S. affiliate,
Eckart America in Painesville, OH
and to its main factory in
Günthersthal, Germany.
EASTMAN EXPANDS
COATINGS ECOMMERCE OFFERINGS
Eastman Chemical Company has
extended its relationship with
ChemPoint.com, an online distributor of fine and specialty chemicals.
ChemPoint is now actively marketing and offering sales and customer
service for Eastman adhesion promoters and cellulose esters to U.S.
customers. ChemPoint.com will manage the order and fulfillment process
for Eastman’s adhesion promoters
and cellulose esters from order placement to delivery to technical support.
IN BRIEF
Dow Epoxy received approval of
environmental impact assessments
(EIA) by China’s Ministry of
Environmental Protection for its
plans to build a 100,000 MTPA liquid
epoxy resin (LER) plant and a
150,000 MTPA glycerine-to-epichlorohydrin (GTW) plant at
Shanghai Chemical Industry
Park....Dow Izolan, the joint venture between Dow and Izolan, broke
ground on a polyurethane systems
manufacturing facility in Vladimir,
Russia...Cray Valley has lifted sales
control on its Norsolene A series and
S series hydrocarbon resins manufactured in its Channelview, TX facility, effective immediately...Sartomer
Company and R.M. Ferguson
Specialty Chemicals recently marked
their 40th anniversary of working
together to promote photocure
monomers, resins and other products
used in coatings, adhesives, inks,
rubber and other applications. CW
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