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Vol. 6, Issue 9
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CHEMCENTRAL APPOINTED DISTRIBUTOR FOR NEW PHASE TECHNOLOGIES CHEMCENTRAL, Bedford Park, IL, has announced it will represent New Phase Technologies’ personal care and cosmetics product offerings in the continental U.S. New Phase Technologies offers a range of polyethylene and alpha olefin-based polymers that improve the performance and enhance aesthetics of personal care products. New Phase Technologies’ portfolio consists of the following product families: PERFORMALENE® Polyethylenes, PERFORMACOL® Alcohols, PERFORMATHOX® Ethoxylates, PERFORMA V® Polymers, PERFORMA®
Dispersions, PERFORMACID® 350 Acid, and BARECO® Mycrocrystalline Waxes.
DEACOM JOINS CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION Deacom, Inc. has announced that it has joined the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA). The company produces the DEACOM Integrated Accounting and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software System for process and mixed-mode manufacturers, including manufacturers of paint, coatings, ink, adhesives, sealants, food and beverages, cosmetics and cosmeceuticals, pharmaceuticals, and specialty chemicals.
HENKEL ANNOUNCES GLOBAL COMPETITION FOR INNOVATIVE IDEAS Henkel, the maker of well-known brands like Dial®, Loctite®, Purex®, Dep® and Duck®
brand, recently launched the Henkel Innovation Trophy competition. In instituting this new, global innovation initiative, Henkel invites all independent inventors to submit their creative ideas for an opportunity to be reviewed and evaluated by Henkel. The initiative is aimed at independent inventors wishing to submit ideas that are the subject of published patent applications or patents already granted relating to appropriate products and processes. The company is also interested in ideas that may be the subject of registered designs, utility models or pending associated applications. The concepts need to offer a good fit with the portfolios of Henkel’s four business sectors:
Laundry & Home Care; Cosmetics/Toiletries; Consumer and Craftsmen Adhesives; and Henkel Technologies (adhesives, sealants, and surface treatments).
Registrants can complete an online form at the Henkel website at www.innovation.henkel.com or www.dialcorp.com
. Each submitted idea will be carefully examined by a specially convened committee comprised of internal and external experts to determine the extent to which it suits the Henkel business mix, how innovative it is, and what sort of market potential it offers.
HERCULES COMPLETES INTEGRATION OF PINOVA ADHESIVE RESINS INTO AQUALON Hercules Inc., Wilmington, DE, has announced the completion of the integration of its Pinova product line (formerly Hercules Resins) into its Aqualon business unit. Pinova’s wood rosin and polyterpene-based tackifiers for the adhesives market will continue to be manufactured in the company’s Brunswick, GA, facility. The combined business will operate under the Aqualon name. The new adhesives group will serve customers from nine major manufacturing locations in Asia, Europe and North America.
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RADTECH ANNOUNCES PRESIDENT’S AWARD WINNER Peter Weissman of Cytec received the 6th
annual RadTech President’s Award at the RadTech Winter meeting in Palm Beach, FL. This award is presented to individual members who make significant contributions to RadTech and the advancement of UV and EB technology. Weissman, chair of the RadTech Emerging Applications Committee, was recognized for his efforts in the development of a new RadTech Emerging Technologies Award and Dinner. This event was held in conjunction with the RadTech biennial e|5 conference and Trade Show in the spring of 2006 in Chicago. Award winners included: American Toyota; Columbia Forest Products; InPhase Holographic Storage; Lithotype; and the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
RUBEX NAMES CONNOR GENERAL MANAGER Cecil Connor has been named general manager of Rubex, Inc., Grove City, OH, a leader in the manufacture of extruded preformed butyl tapes and solvent-free hot-applied pumpable butyl. Connor brings with him over 20 years of experience with such companies as BP Chemicals, Sika Corp. and General Electric.
SOLUTIA EXPANDS DOWD AND GUILD DISTRIBUTION SALES CONTRACT Solutia Inc., St. Louis, has expanded its distributor sales contract for Butvar®
PVB resins and aqueous dispersions with Dowd and Guild Inc., San Ramon, CA, to include Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and New Mexico. Dowd and Guild currently represents Solutia’s Specialty Additive products in California, Arizona and Nevada, and manages the order fulfillment of Butvar PVB resins from its warehouse in City of Commerce, CA. Butvar PVB resin additives provide enhanced adhesion, flexibility and toughness in a variety of solventborne and melt-cure applications. Butvar PVB aqueous dispersions are formulated in permanent and temporary coating applications where the desired performance properties are near-zero volatile organic compounds.
Sponsored by Sartomer - Sartomer's unique Wingtack® resins are your solution for high-performance, SIS-alternative adhesives solutions. Now there is no need to sacrifice the performance of your adhesives formulations in the face of the isoprene shortage. Colorless, low-odor Wingtack delivers the near-SIS characteristics you need. You can count on Sartomer to help impart critical performance properties — like low-temperature flexibility, improved peel adhesion, and excellent tack — to your pressure-sensitive, hot-melt, structural, laminating,
and electronic adhesives. Sartomer offers more than 700 specialty chemicals backed by expert technical support. For more information, visit www.sartomer.com/adhesives5.
See Sartomer at UV/EB West March 6-7 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel at LAX in Los Angeles.
Sponsored by SpecialChem- SpecialChem is the online expert on specialty chemicals. With its new platform at www.specialchem4adhesives.com
, SpecialChem is now offering free online access to technical information and service for the adhesives and sealants industry. With a complete range of services – from a comprehensive database including over 5,000 additives, tackifiers and resins to a rapid and efficient assistance service – SpecialChem’s aim is to assist you in solving every adhesives issue. SpecialChem helps you to add chemical performance to adhesion @ www.specialchem4adhesives.com
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