Netzsch acquires Premier Mill business
Netzsch Fine Particle Technology and
SPX Corp. have signed a definitive
agreement under which Netzsch
acquires the Premier Mill business of
SPX. The combined products and
services of Netzsch and Premier Mill
are now available under the new
company name, Netzsch Premier
Technologies, LLC. Premier Mill’s
product line is a strategic addition to
the existing Netzsch portfolio of
grinding, dispersing, mixing and
deaereating equipment. This equipment is used for processing coatings,
inks, pigments, pharmaceuticals,
food, ceramics, agrochemicals, minerals and many other products.
The combined product line enables
Netzsch Premier Technologies to offer a
broader range of solutions to both current and new customers. Netzsch will
build on Premier’s customer relationships by maintaining sales, service and
support for all Premier parts and products.
“The addition of Premier Mill will
advance Netzsch’s position as the leader
in wet and dry fine grinding technology
PRICING CHANGES
Ashland: May 17–increase for Aroset and
Flexcryl solvent-based and emulsion pressure-sensitive adhesive product lines in North
America; June 1–5% increase for Aquaflow
rheology modifier.
Celanese: June 1–€80/MT increase for all
vinyl-based emulsions in Europe, Africa and
the Middle East.
DSM NeoResins: June 1–$0.04-$0.15/lb.
increase for its liquid resins in North America.
DSM Powder Coating Resins: June
1–€0.10-€12/kg increase for Uralac powder
coating resins in Europe, Middle East and
Africa.
Dow Europe GmbH: June 1–€120/MT
with the most comprehensive lines of
processing equipment,” said Dimitrios
Makrakis, managing director of the
Germany-based Netzsch Business Unit
Grinding and Dispersing. “Premier’s
equipment, talent and customers com-
plement Netzsch’s business and extend
our ability to meet any challenge in
mechanical process engineering.”
Other terms of the transaction were
not disclosed.
UNION PROCESS
EXPANDS PRESENCE IN CHINA
Union Process, a manufacturer of size
reduction and dispersing equipment for
a broad range of industrial applications,
has moved its China operation into a
larger facility. To meet the needs of its
growing business in China, Union
Process established a joint venture company in China called Qingdao Union
Process Precision Machinery Co., Ltd.
The JV has expanded by purchasing an
existing complex in downtown Qingdao.
The compound consists of one structure
for manufacturing of approximately
11,000 square feet and an adjoining
increase for Primacor copolymers in Europe.
Hexion Specialty Chemicals: June
1–€300/MT increase in Europe and $400/MT
increase in Middle East and Africa for liquid,
solid and solution epoxy resin grades;
$0.10/lb. increase for select Epon epoxy resin
products in the Americas.
DISTRIBUTOR APPOINTMENTS
Sekisui Specialty Chemicals has appointed Grolman GmbH & Co. KG to distribute its
range of Celvol polyvinyl alcohol in Germany,
Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia
and Hungary.
structure of 6,000 square feet, which
houses the lab testing, pilot plant, storage plant and upper level office space.
ARCH CHEMICALS OPENS
TECHNICAL AND SALES
OFFICE IN OSAKA, JAPAN
Arch Chemicals, Inc. has opened its
new Asia Pacific Marine Laboratory in
Osaka, Japan. The facility has been
established to maximize technical
expertise in the ongoing development
of antifouling paint technology and
will include work with self-polishing
polymers and net coatings for acqua-
culture applications.
CELANESE ACQUIRES TWO
DUPONT PRODUCT LINES
Celanese Corporation’s Advanced
Engineered Materials business has
completed a transaction to acquire two
product lines, DuPont Zenite liquid
crystal polymer (LCP) and Thermx
polycyclohexylene-dimethylene tereph-
thalate (PCT), from DuPont
Performance Polymers. Revenues of
Zenite LCP and Thermx PCT were
approximately $40 million in 2009. The
acquisition price was not disclosed.
IN BRIEF
Evonik has expanded its
methacrylic acid capacities at the
new Shanghai, China site to 25,000
metric tons...OMNOVA Solutions
Inc. has completed the acquisition of
The Dow Chemical Company’s hollow
sphere plastic pigment (HPP) product line and terminated the
RohmNova paper coatings joint ven-ture...Eastman Chemical
Company has completed the acquisition of Genovique Specialties
Corporation, a global producer of specialty plasticizers, benzoic acid and
sodium benzoate. CW