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  • Dow Corning to showcase its 'Advantage' release coating products at Labelexpo Asia 2009

    Dow Corning Corporation's pressure sensitive team will showcase its proven release coating solutions, including Syl-Off® Advantage Series, Syl-Off® Advantage Emulsion Release Coating System and Syl-Off® thermal-cure release coatings systems for filmic substrate at Labelexpo Asia this December. Dow Corning's Advantage Series is an extensive line of ultralow-platinum, More

  • BASF launches new Polyurethane Solutions brand

    The BASF brand is about to become more visible now for BASF's polyurethane customers all over the world. With the launch of the new Polyurethane Solutions brand and associated harmonization of branding across European affiliates, BASF showcases the benefits of the global Verbund for PU customers: Polyurethane More

  • Paques to supply wastewater treatment plant for new Nine Dragons paper mill in Tianjin, China

    It seems that the market for Paques in the Far East is improving rather than in Europe, showing the most recent order Paques received from paper giant Nine Dragon to the Chinese sister company of Paques bv. It concerns a BIOPAQ IC (Internal Circulation) anaerobic waste water More

  • Clariant reports operating income before exceptional items of CHF 107 million in 3Q 2009

    Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced sales of CHF 1.691 billion in the third quarter, compared to CHF 2.094 billion during the same period in the previous year. This represents a 19% decline in Swiss Francs, and 14% in local currency. Sales stabilized during More

  • CP Kelco completes CMC facility in Taixing, China

    CP Kelco is proud to announce the completion of its newest hydrocolloid facility in Taixing, China. The facility complies with China Food GMP standards, and has the flexibility to produce carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) for the food, paper, oilfield and industrial markets. This new facility has been designed More

  • Akzo Nobel reports 30% increase in 3Q 2009 net income to Euro 197 million

    Akzo Nobel N.V. has today announced its results for the third quarter of 2009, which demonstrate that trading remains tough across all businesses, and that markets are stabilizing at lower levels of demand. "We have seen some signs of an improvement in emerging markets, but overall we More

  • Cargill and Topchim developing paper/board moisture resistance alternative application

    Cargill, one of the world's biggest companies in the food industry, and Topchim, a Belgian company of specialty chemistry research, announce their strategic partnership to produce a sustainable line of products in Brazil to be used for paper and board applications. The first product is called TopScreen More

  • Minerals Technologies to expand PCC plant at Suzano's Mucuri mill in Brazil

    Minerals Technologies Inc. announced today that it will expand its satellite precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) plant at a paper mill owned by Suzano Papel é Celulose, S.A. in Suzano, Brazil. The facility, which was originally constructed in 1996, is operated by Minerals Technologies do Brasil Comercia é More

  • Arizona Chemical investigates biodiesel from crude tall oil

    Arizona Chemical, the world's leading bio-refiner of Crude Tall Oil, is studying the possibility of producing biodiesel at its manufacturing plants. Crude Tall Oil, a renewable natural material that is a co-product of the wood pulping process, can be used to make green products based on renewable More

  • Imerys Performance Minerals announces price increases in North America

    Imerys Performance Minerals North America announces product line specific price increases generally ranging from 4% to 7% and greater on certain specialty items, subject to any provisions in individual contracts. The increase, across their mineral portfolio including calcium carbonate, mica and kaolin, is effective January 1, 2010, More



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