Wacker, Dow Corning to build plant in China
Wacker Chemie AG and Dow Corning
Corporation started the construction of
the second phase of their pyrogenic silica
plant in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province,
China. The pyrogenic silica plant, together with a siloxane plant, is a key facility
of an integrated silicone manufacturing
site developed by both companies at
Jiangsu Yangtze River Chemical
Industrial Park in Zhangjiagang to produce materials used extensively in
industries including construction, beauty
and personal care, power and automotives. Covering an area of one million
square meters, the site is China’s largest
facility of this kind and among the
world’s largest and most advanced integrated production complexes for silicones. The overall nameplate capacity for
both siloxane and pyrogenic silica,
including the second phase silica plant, is
expected to be approximately 210,000
metric tons per year.
JNS SUPPLY MERGES
WITH SMITHCHEM & YOUNG
JNS Supply LLC and the Smithchem &
Young Division of Lansco Colors LLC
have merged to form the new distribution company, JNS SmithChem LLC.
The sales and administrative offices and
warehouse will be located in Paterson,
N.J. The new company will represent and
distribute products from more than 30
different specialty chemical, additive and
packaging manufacturers that serve the
paint, ink, plastics, rubber, compounding,
adhesives and sealants, building products, textile, food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical and other related industries.
WATERBORNE SYMPOSIUM
ISSUES CALL FOR PAPERS
The School of Polymers and High
Performance Materials at The
University of Southern Mississippi has
issued a call for papers for presentation
at the 37th Annual International
Waterborne Symposium, Feb. 8-12, 2010
in New Orleans. Papers should relate to
waterborne, high-solids, powder and
radiation-curable coating systems; stim-uli-responsive and “smart” coating systems; renewable raw materials for coatings and high-throughput methodologies for formulation. All papers should
be original and represent recent
advances in coatings science. Title,
abstract and author’s names (speaker’s
name underlined) should be submitted
to School of Polymers and High
Performance Materials, The University
of Southern Mississippi, Box 10063,
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0063; (601) 266-
4475; E-mail: waterborne@usm.edu;
Web: www.psrc.usm.edu/waterborne.
CPCA HONORS TWO
EXECUTIVES WITH AWARDS
The Canadian Paint and Coatings
Association (CPCA) recognized two
executives for their service to the
industry at its annual conference in
Niagara Falls. Bruce Henderson was
recognized as the 2009 Industry
Statesman for his years of leadership
and work in ensuring that the coatings industry was represented in the
design of regulations at the federal,
provincial and municipal levels.
Brian Edwards was presented with
the 2009 Roy Kennedy Outstanding
PRICING CHANGES
BASF: Sept. 4–up to $0.09/wet lb. increase for
all Buronal and Butofan styrene-butadiene high
and medium solids latex products in the U.S.
and Canada.
Wacker Polymers: Oct. 1–€100/ton for
Vinnapas and Vinnol dispersions in Europe.
DISTRIBUTOR APPOINTMENTS
Ashland Performance Materials has
selected Quadra Chemicals to distribute its
polyvinyl acetate homopolymer and copoly-
Achievement Award for the critical
role he played, as CPCA chair, in the
transformation of the CPCA to a successful, modern association.
PNWSCT ISSUES CALL FOR
PAPERS FOR NW COATINGS FEST
The Pacific Northwest Society for
Coatings Technology (PNWSCT) has
issued a call for papers for its
Northwest Coatings Fest Spring
Symposium, May 12-14 at the Benson
Hotel in Portland, OH. This year’s
theme is “New Technologies for
Emerging Markets.”
N BRIEF
Gelest, Inc., a manufacturer of silane,
silicone and metal-organic compounds
has relaunched its web site
( www.gelest.com)...Emerald Kalama
Chemical has completed the pre-regis-tration requirements of REACH legislation for the components of its K-Flex
plasticizers...Univar will begin marketing a range of solution vinyl resins
under the Univar proprietary trade
name...Hexion Specialty Chemicals
has entered into a partnership with
Tekle Technical Services, a biocompos-ites manufacturer, to develop “green”
building products for the construction
industry. CW
mer emulsions, acrylic and vinyl acrylic
emulsions, wood glue emulsions and wet
adhesion monomer technologies in Canada.
Atlas Material Testing Technology has
selected ACT Test Panels to distribute its test
panels in Europe.
Wacker has selected IMCD Group to distrib-
ute its Vinnapas and Vinnol polymer disper-
sions in the UK, Ireland, the Baltics, Belarus,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Germany, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey,
Ukraine and Austria.
