Extrusion Dies Industries LLC (EDI) and ITW Dynatec recently reached a worldwide agreement to market turnkey hot-melt adhesive coating stations by combining ITW Dynatec’s melting and fluid delivery equipment with EDI’s slot die systems.
EFD,
a subsidiary of Nordson, has won the 2009 Surface Mount
Technology (SMT) Magazine Vision Award for its new lead-free,
halide-free, water-soluble solder pastes.
Wacker Chemie AG, Munich, Germany, has announced plans to build a new 550-acre hyper-pure polycrystalline silicone facility in Tennessee for approximately $20 million.
Applied Products Inc., Minnetonka, MN, has been named Midwest Strategic channel partner and Technical Service Center for Hot Melt Technologies Inc., Rochester, MI, and Graco Inc./Liquid Control, North Canton, OH.
INTERPOLYMER GmbH, Hassloch,
Germany, has announced that
the first production line of a new facility for waterborne styrene-acrylic
dispersions, acrylic solutions and wax dispersions has started production in Nanjing, China.
LANXESS, Pittsburgh,
recently announced the completion of de-bottlenecking operations for its
MESAMOLL®
plasticizer and other alkyl sulfonic ester derivative plasticizers.
Krayden Inc., a leading distributor of engineered materials, has been named 2008 Distributor of the Year by the Dow Corning Americas Electronics Channel Team. The company was also honored with GOLD level status for 2008.
Plasticolors Inc., Ashtabula, OH, has announced an expanded sales territory for
Cleveland-based Specialty Chemical Sales that includes coatings colorant sales for
most customers in Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky and Wisconsin.