Arkema Emulsion Systems Announces Price Increase for Latex Products(03 Sep 2010)
Effective September 15, 2010 or as contracts allow, Arkema Emulsion Systems will increase pricing on all latex products. UCAR™ acrylic, styrene-acrylic, styrene-butadiene and NEOCAR® Acrylic latexes will increase by $0.05 per wet pound. UCAR™ ...
Arkema awarded Pierre Potier prize for Kynar Aquatec(03 Sep 2010)
Launched in 2005 by Union des Industries Chimiques (UIC – French Chemical Industries Association) and Fédération Française des sciences pour la Chimie (FFC – French Federation for Chemical Sciences) under the aegis of the French Ministry for ...
BP to Sell Malaysian Ethylene and Polyethylene Interests to Petronas(03 Sep 2010)
BP announced that it has agreed to sell its interests in ethylene and polyethylene production in Malaysia to PETRONAS. The agreement concerns BP’s 15 per cent interest in Ethylene Malaysia Sdn Bhd (EMSB) and 60 per cent interest in Polyethylene ...
Chevron Oronite appoints Azelis as pan-European distributor for industrial lubicants(03 Sep 2010)
Azelis has been appointed sole pan-European distributor by Chevron Oronite, manufacturer and supplier of lubricant additives and viscosity improvers (OLOA® and PARATONE®). The partnership with Chevron Oronite is designed to provide Chevron ...
Colorcon Opens Technical Service Laboratory in Istanbul, Turkey(03 Sep 2010)
Colorcon Limited today announced the opening of a new technical service laboratory in Turkey. Located in Atasehir, the southern area of Istanbul, the new laboratory contains fully equipped processing suites for laboratory-scale immediate and ...
Making good taste measurable(02 Sep 2010)
Does milk chocolate still contain milk? Or does cheaper vegetable fat already dominate here? Has the barrique wine really seen the inside of a barrique barrel or has it been spiked with flavoured woodchips? Both the products of global food ...
Tanguy awarded IChemE Honorary Fellowship (02 Sep 2010)
Philippe Tanguy, vice president of scientific development at international oil and gas company Total has been awarded a certificate of IChemE Honorary Fellowship in recognition of his contributions to chemical engineering. The presentation took ...
Ashland to increase UPR and VER resin and gelcoat prices for EMEA(02 Sep 2010)
Ashland Performance Materials, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., is increasing the price of its complete portfolio of unsaturated polyester resins (UPR), vinyl ester resins (VER) and gelcoats sold in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) ...