MAPEI, a world leader in the production of adhesives
for the building sector, has acquired the assets of All-Purpose Adhesive Company (APAC)
of Dalton, GA.
The Dow Chemical Co. recently announced that Rohm and Haas, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Co., has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the stock of Morton International Inc., the salt business of Rohm and Haas, to K+S Aktiengesellschaft.
H.B. Fuller Co. announced today that
it has entered into an agreement to acquire Nordic Adhesives, a developer and
manufacturer of flexible packaging adhesives based in Buxtehude, Germany.
Bayer MaterialScience, Leverkusen, Germany, has
announced plans to invest €20 million in a new
aromatic and aliphatic polyisocyanate manufacturing facility ink India as part
of its strategy to grow its business in the country and strengthen its position
as a market leader in the supply of polyurethane raw materials.
In an effort to better serve the batch, custom and
specialty chemical industry, SOCMA members voted on March 19th to change the
organization’s name from the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers
Association to the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates.
According to this AP article, General Motors began the process of reducing its white-collar workforce by laying off 160 employees - mostly engineers - on Tuesday.
Industrial Copolymers, a Lancashire, UK-based manufacturer of high-performance resins and polymers for the coatings, adhesives and sealants industries, has announced it will trade under the name Incorez effective April 1, 2009.
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