Industry News
The specialty chemicals group
announced its Functional Chemicals
business unit will transfer its colorants production from Lerma,
Mexico, to its existing facility in
Leverkusen, Germany, in the coming
months. Further, the company has
sold its 55% stake in the hydrazine
hydrate joint venture Lanxess Yaxing
(Weifang) Chemicals Company Ltd.
to its Chinese partner Weifang
Yaxing Group. The chemicals manufacturer will continue to produce
hydrazine hydrate as well at its
Leverkusen plant.
COGNIS EXPANDS IN MALAYSIA
Cognis has opened an affiliate in
Selangor, Malaysia. The new company,
Cognis Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., is a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Cognis Group.
HUNTSMAN FORMS JV IN CHINA
The polyurethanes division of Huntsman Corp. has created a new China-based joint venture with Jurong
Ningwu Chemical Co. Ltd. to manufacture polyether polyol products. The
JV will be known as Jurong New
Ningwu Chemical Co. Ltd. and will be
located in Jurong City and will be run
as a stand alone operation.
EASTMAN ACQUIRES
POLYMERS FACILITY IN CHINA
Eastman Chemical Company has
completed the acquisition of
Tongxiang Xinglong Fine Chemical
Co., Ltd., a cellulose-based specialty
polymers manufacturing facility
located near Shanghai, China.
Terms of the transaction were not
disclosed. The acquisition will support Eastman’s Coatings, Adhesives,
Specialty Polymers and Inks segment, specifically its Ensure product
line, by providing additional capacity to meet the growing demand in
China. Ensure has approximately
60% bio-renewable content and is
used in a variety of end-market
PRICING CHANGES
Ashland Performance Materials: Feb.
1–$0.05/wet lb. increase for Aroset and
Flexcryl acrylic emulsion products.
BASF: Jan. 29–$0.05/wet lb. increase for
Acronal, Acronal Optive and Basonal products
in the U.S. and Canda.
Celanese Corp.: Feb. 1–$0.05/wet lb.
increase for pure acrylic emulsions and
$0.03/wet lb. increase for vinyl-based emulsions (including PVAc homopolymers, vinyl
acrylic and vinyl acetate ethylene) in North
America.
Dow Coatings Materials: Jan. 15–$65-
$110/MT increase for acrylic emulsions in the
Middle East, Africa and Turkey; Feb. 1–5%
increase for all acrylic products, 8% increase
for styrene acrylic and vinyl-based emulsions
and 10% increase for opaque polymers.
Dow Performance Monomers: Jan.
1–$0.10/lb. increase for butyl acrylate, ethyl
acrylate, glacial acrylic acid, 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate and methyl acrylate and $0.15/lb. increase
for glacial methacrylic acid, hydroxy ethyl acrylate, hydroxy propyl acrylate, hydroxy ethyl
methacrylate and hydroxy propyl methacrylate
applications such as coatings for
packaging and consumables.
WACKER EXPANDS
TECHNICAL CENTER IN KOREA
Wacker has finished the expansion of
its Suwon Technical Center in South
Korea. The new center will be able to
develop and test not only dispersions
but also Vinnapas dispersible polymer
powders for modern construction applications. The investment is intended to
boost the company’s local research and
development competency in the construction sector, and to further increase
and improve customer support on the
Korean market. The technical center,
situated 40 km south of Korea’s capital
Seoul, covers a space of more than 300
square meters. The focus of the new lab
is on Vinnapas dispersible polymer
powder formulations for manufactur-
in North America and Latin America.
Eastman: Feb. 1–$0.03-$0.05/lb. increase for
select glycol ethers.
Eliokem: Feb. 15–$0.06/lb. increase for
Pliotec resins and 4% for Pliotite and Plioway
resins in North America.
Evonik: Effective immediately–up to 10%
increase for Degalan, Degacryl,Degadur,
Degaroute, Degaplast, Degadeck, Degament,
Rohagit, Plex.
Huntsman Corp.: Jan. 1–$150/ton increase
for titanium dioxide in Europe, Asia-Pacific,
Africa, Latin America and Middle East and
$0.06/lb. increase in North America.
Southern Clay Products: Feb. 1–10%
increase for Optiflo H370, H400, H600 and TVS
and Advitrol 100, Advitrol 50 and Rheocin;
$0.10/lb. increase for Blown oil Z1 and Z8 and
castor oil derivative TD-180 and TD- 20.
DISTRIBUTOR APPOINTMENTS
Wacker has appointed quantiQ to distribute
its Vinnapas and Vinnol dispersions in Brazil.
Shenghua Group Deqing Huayuan Pigments
Co. has appointed Caldic Spécialtés to distribute its iron oxide pigments in France.
ing polymer-modified dry-mix mortars
for the regional construction industry.
SSCT ISSUES CALL FOR
PAPERS FOR ANNUAL MEETING
The Southern Society of Coatings
Technology (SSCT) has issued a call
for papers for their upcoming 2010
Annual Meeting and Technical
Conference, September 26-29, 2010 at
the Hilton Resort, Daytona Beach, FL.
The emphasis of the 2010 SSCT
Technical Conference is promoting new
technologies in the coatings industry
and the theme is “Racing to New
Technology in Coatings.” If interested
in presenting, please contact Randy
Waldman, Lintech International LLC
at (770) 335-6901 or by e-mail:
randy.waldman@2lintech.com. Details
on the conference can be found at the
SSCT website: www.ssct.org. CW
