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Organizational & personnel changes at BASF
BASF has made several changes in
its organization and management
team to prepare for the integration of
Cognis. BASF will establish a new
division, effective August 1, 2010.
BASF’s Care Chemicals division will
be split into two separate divisions.
The Nutrition & Health division, to
be established on August 1, will incorporate the Nutrition Ingredients and
Aroma Chemicals businesses, as well
as Pharma Ingredients & Services.
Walter Dissinger, currently senior
vice president, crop protection Latin
America (Mexico, Middle America,
South America), BASF S.A., Sao
Paulo, Bazil, will become president of
the newly established division.
The Personal Care, Hygiene, Home
Care and Industrial Formulators
businesses will form the Care
Chemicals division, headed by
Gabriel Tanbourgi, president of the
current Care Chemicals division.
Both divisions will be part of the
Performance Products segment.
Beate Ehle, currently president of
BASF’s Intermediates division located
in Ludwigshafen, Germany, will
become president for the regional division market and business development
North America located in Florham
Park, New Jersey. The current president, Joseph Breunig will leave the
company effective August 31, 2010.
Sanjeev Gulab Gandhi, senior vice
president, Petrochemicals Asia Pacific,
at BASF South East Asia located in
Singapore will succeed Ehle as president of the Intermediates division.
than doubles the current capacity to
33,000 metric tons per year. The plant
produces silica and silicate products for
a variety of applications, including
toothpaste, paints and coatings and
paper. The new capacity is designed to
meet the growing demand for each of
these applications in India and the surrounding region. The project is expected to be completed by early 2012.
approval for the refinishing of Mercedes-Benz vehicles.
STANDOX RECEIVES MERCEDES-
BENZ USA APPROVAL
DuPont’s Standox solventborne and
waterborne paint systems for cars and
commercial vehicles have received
KELLY-MOORE INTRODUCES TWO
WATERBORNE PRIMERS/SEALERS
Kelly-Moore Paint has introduced Kel-
Bond Ultra and Kel-Bond Adhesion Plus,
low-VOC, high-performance interi-
or/exterior waterborne primers/sealers
with exceptional adhesion and bonding
properties. Available at all Kelly-Moore
stores, Kel-Bond Ultra is formulated to
correct and smooth badly distressed or
rough conditions and Kel-Bond Adhesion
Plus is the solution for professionals to
treat difficult, non-porous surfaces. CW
Index to Companies
This index gives the starting page for a department or feature with
a significant reference to a manufacturer of paint, coatings, adhesives and
sealants. Subsidiaries are indexed under their own names.
HUBER TO EXPAND SILICA
PRODUCTION IN INDIA
Huber Engineered Materials (HEM), a
division of the J.M. Huber Corporation,
is set to expand silica production capac-
ity at its manufacturing facility in
Jhagadia, India. The expansion more
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