Coatings World - April 2012

ness announced an expansion plan to increase capacity of butyl glycol ethers at its Seadrift, Texas facility. This plan is part of a two-phase debottleneck project that will increase capacity of butyl Cellosolve solvent and butyl Carbitol solvent by 15 percent. Phase 1 will be completed later this month; followed by Phase 2, which will be finished during a planned turnaround this fall. Dow is the world’s largest supplier of butyl glycol ethers. These key raw materials are used primarily in the production of coatings, household and industrial cleaners, brake fluids, inks and oil and gas.

cure technologies and are components of high performance inks, coatings, adhesives, medical appliance and other applications.

Mauser Group acquires Varicon
Solutions manufacturer and
service provider
Mauser Group, a worldwide industrial pack-
aging company, has acquired Varicon Solu-
tions in North America. Mauser will
take over the plastic packaging part
of the business, which includes
HDPE tight head and open head
drums made out of virgin as well as of PCR
resin (post consumer resin), while National
Container Group (NCG), a Mauser sub-
sidiary, will assume the reconditioning activi-
ties of Varicon as part of an asset deal. CW

Kyowa Hakko Chemical Americas to be renamed KH Neochem Americas On April 1, 2012, exactly one year after its initial launch, Kyowa Hakko Chemical Americas, Inc. will be renamed KH Neochem Americas, Inc. The company will continue to operate from it current corporate offices in Schaumburg, Ill, United States. The move is concurrent with that of Tokyo-based parent company Kyowa Hakko Chemical Co., Ltd., which will officially change its name to KH Neochem, Ltd. on that same date. KH Neochem Americas’ broad line of products includes synthetic fatty acids, specialty diols, functional monomers and other high-performance chemicals based on proprietary synthesis technologies. Lubricants, adhesives, agricultural chemicals, coatings, cosmetics and toiletries are among the many industry categories in which the products perform key roles.

RAHN opens office in Shanghai RAHN-Group, with headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, has established a subsidiary in China. From April 1, 2012, RAHN Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. will handle all aspects of RAHN’s business relations in China. Mr. Zou Yue is the general manager of the newly established RAHN Trading (Shanghai). The office in China is located at Shanghai Xinzhuang Industry Park, Minhang District.

RAHN is a worldwide and family-owned supplier of additives, oligomers, reactive diluents, photoinitiators and other customized specialty chemicals. Its products are used in ultraviolet and electron beam

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