ple in the automotive industry.
The company will be integrated
into Altana’s BYK Additives &
Instruments division.
New company, Schepise
Chemical Sales, formed and
launches web site
A new company, Schepise Chemical Sales,
LLC, Bristol, PA, has been formed and
launched its web site www.Schepise-
ChemicalSales.com. “Schepise Chemical
Sales provides sales services to manufac-
turers of fine specialty chemicals and
bridges the gap between those manufac-
turers and customers requiring a high
level of technical services,” said president
Linda Schepise who has specialized in
resins, polymers and lubricants sales for
over 22 years. Schepise Chemical Sales,
LLC is a manufacturer’s representative
firm promoting an array of fine specialty
chemicals including rosin resins, rosin es-
ters, polyterpene resins, hydrocarbon
resins, flame-retardants and specialty
polymers for the adhesives and sealants,
paint, printing ink and coatings and rub-
ber and plastics industries.
Color Communications, RAL
form distribution partnership
Color Communications, Inc. is now the
distributor of RAL products in North
America. RAL means precision and standardization of color communication.
Color Communications, one of the leading producers of color tools for the decorative, automotive refinish, powder and
industrial coatings industries is a fitting
partner with RAL. Color Communications will inventory and distribute all popular RAL products, including the new
RAL Plastics, from its central Chicago location. It also offers the inclusion of RAL
colors, certified by RAL GmbH, in custom
color tools. Brett Winter has been named
as RAL manager.
Oxea extends specialty ester
capacity; intends to build a
new unit
Oxea has announced a significant capacity expansion for specialty esters to keep
up with growing demand. The capacity of
the existing ester unit in Oberhausen will
be extended by 40 percent, effective second half 2011. Additionally, Oxea has the
intention to build a new unit in Oberhausen coming online in the second half
of 2012. These capacity increases are
meant to support the increasing market
shift to phthalate-free plasticizers and to
support the strong demand growth of existing customers.
Coatex and Arkema Emulsion Systems welcome their Asia Pacific coatings customers in
the new Changshu application laboratory.
Coatex, Arkema open new lab
in China
Coatex and Arkema Emulsion Systems
have opened a new Asia Pacific coatings
application laboratory in Changshu China
to provide technical support to their coat-
ings customers in the region. The new fa-
cility will host a technical team with
expertise in all Arkema Emulsion Systems
and Coatex technologies and applications.
The team will be dedicated to providing
support for coatings formulation and
evaluation to customers. Both businesses
are part of the Arkema Group and their
product lines for the coatings market are
complementary. Arkema Emulsion Sys-
tems focuses on latex binders, while Coa-
tex is entirely dedicated to water-based
rheology additives. In the coming months
on the same Changshu site, a water-based
rheology modifier plant will be opera-
tional, followed in 2012 by latex produc-
tion lines for Arkema Emulsion Systems
products. Arkema Emulsion Systems and
Coatex already work cooperatively to
support the coatings market in North
America where the two businesses to-
gether have a total of four production fa-
cilities and two R&D centers.
Syrgis receives license to
operate a business in
Shanghai, China
Syrgis, an international diversified group
of fine and specialty chemical manufac-
turers, has received a license to operate a
business in China under the name Shang-
hai Syrgis Trading Co., Ltd. The company
will be based in Shanghai and has named
Henry Tong as the general manager. The
initial focus of Shanghai Syrgis Trading
Co., Ltd. will be to support and grow the
presence of the company’s Performance
Initiators business in China.
Harima Chemicals acquires ink
and adhesive resins business of
Momentive Specialty
Chemicals
Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. has
sold its global Ink & Adhesive Resins
(IAR) business to Harima Chemicals,
Inc., a leading producer of pine-based
products. The IAR business had 2009
annual revenues of $279 million and is
one of the world’s leading suppliers of
resins and additives to the graphics arts,
adhesives, aroma chemical, synthetic
rubber and specialty coating industries.
Harima’s purchase included the com-
plete business including 11 manufactur-
ing facilities on five continents and the
IAR global product portfolio. The IAR
management team and approximately
650 global associates also joined Harima
at closing.
Segetis, Inc. expands in Upper
Midwest for solvent and non-phthalate plasticizer products
Segetis, Inc., a biobased chemicals innovator, announced that construction is underway on expanded production capacity
for the manufacture of the company’s solvent and non-phthalate plasticizer products. Scheduled for completion by
summer 2011 and located at a contract
manufacturing partner in the Upper Midwest, the new facility will be capable of
producing several million pounds of
Segetis product. Powered by its Javelin
Technology, Segetis solvents and plasticizers deliver performance attributes that
have generated strong market interest in
several application areas, the company
