FOCUS ON: Emerald Performance Materials
Learn more about Emerald's extensive line of additives and new products - from pigment dispersions and colorants to defoamers.  Don't settle for anything less than a proven performer.
• Black Shield™ carbon black pigment dispersions
• Foam Blast^® defoamers/antifoams
• Masil^® reactive silicones/silanes
• Hilton Davis^® color dispersions for paints/stains
• CVC specialty EPALLOY™/HyPox™ epoxies, Hypro™ RLPs,  modifiers/monomers and more
• Kalama™ K-Flex^® dibenzoate plasticizers

Visit Emerald Performance Materials at booth 1615 at the American Coatings Show, April 13-15, in Charlotte, NC.

For more information, visit www.emeraldmaterials.com.

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Industry News

ASHLAND TO SUPPLY RESIN FOR OHIO WIND ENERGY GRANT PROJECT
Towers used to support wind turbines might soon be manufactured using resin from Ashland Inc. rather than steel... more.

EASTMAN TO ACQUIRE GENOVIQUE SPECIALTIES
Eastman Chemical Co. has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Genovique Specialties Corp., a leading global producer of specialty plasticizers, benzoic acid and sodium benzoate... more.

PSTC SELECTS CHEMSULTANTS AS PREFERRED HANDS-ON TRAINING FACILITY
With its state-of-the-art technical facility in Mentor, OH, Chemsultants International has been selected as the preferred hands-on training facility for the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council (PSTC) membership... more.

SEAL BOND APPOINTS MANAGER OF SALES CHANNEL DEVELOPMENT
Seal Bond, Spring Lake, MI, has announced the appointment of Dan Lesniak as manager of Sales Channel Development... more.

SHURTECH TAPE WINS SHERWIN-WILLIAMS INNOVATION AWARD
FrogTape^® brand painter's tape has been awarded the 2010 Innovation Award by Sherwin-Williams, the nation's largest paint distributor... more.

WACKER OPENS INTERNATIONAL TRAINING CENTER FOR CONSTRUCTION CHEMICALS IN DUBAI
WACKER has opened a new international training center for construction chemicals at its technical center in Dubai... more.

New Products

GIGAHERTZ-OPTIK INC.: Radiometer/Photometer
Gigahertz-Optik's hand-held P-9710-4 radiometer/photometer now features an external TTL trigger input function useful for remote timing of pulsed light measurements... more.

HENKEL CORP.: Laminating Adhesive
The Liofol^® UR2790-22/UR5026-21 Adhesive System allows converters to produce laminate films, then roll, slit, pouch and ship to food processors faster than current industry standard products... more.

TESA TAPE: Foam Tape
Tesa^® 62939 is the newest member of the tesa PE (polyethylene) foam tape family, which now includes 11 adhesive tapes ranging from 20 mils to 119 mils in thickness... more.

Price Increases

Cook Composites and Polymers, Kansas City, MO
Chempol^® Coatings Resins
15 cents/lb
Effective April 21

Omnova Solutions, Fairlawn, OH
All acrylic, styrene acrylic and vinyl acrylic emulsion polymers
4 cents/wet lb
Effective April 15

GenFlo^®, GenCeal^®, OMNABOND^TM, GenCryl^® and GenCal^® styrene butadiene-based emulsion polymers
4 cents/dry lb
Effective April 15