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Rohm and Haas Q4 sales expected to be 4 to 5 % higher, Eastman changes senior management, Environmentalists dismayed with Iluka's new titanium mining operation in Georgia (Dec 19, 2002)

Welcome to your late-week industry update from www.PaintandCoatings.com . In industry news, Rohm and Haas said yesterday that sales for the fourth quarter are expected to be approximately 4 to 5...
Sico's subsidiary to sell paint stores to ICI, Dennis A. Kovalsky to be VP of PPG automotive coatings, Mitsubishi Motors plans to build environment-friendly paint plant in Kurashiki (Dec 17, 2002)

The South Coast Air Quality Management District has once again cast up their Rule 1113 for architectural and maintenance coatings, readopting it with certain revisions from its original 1999 form....
ICI planning to build warehouse in Carrollton, Arch Chemicals makes marketing alliance with Daicel Chemical Industries (Dec 12, 2002)

Welcome to your late-week industry update from www.PaintandCoatings.com . The holiday season is upon us. News this week came in at a more relaxed pace than usual, so I will take this opportunity...
BASF’s Coatings Division announces year-end prospects, TOA formulating new 5 year development plan, Pinturas Monto continues overseas expansion (Dec 10, 2002)

In international news, BASF’s Coatings Division announced its year-end prospects. We will yet again make a major contribution towards the overall success of the BASF Group,” said...
Solutia to sell part of specialty chemicals business, Clariant to sell sodium hydrosulfite business, Engelhard completes acquisition of Shuozhou Anpeak Kaolin Co. (Dec 5, 2002)

Welcome to your late-week industry update from www.PaintandCoatings.com . The industry has kept itself busy during the week. On the heels of Noveon’s acquisition of certain CDI assets, it...
Noveon acquires CDI Dispersions assets, Crown Paints and Noble House Leisure Group opens first Color Bar, Degussa acknowledges pricing investigations in EU and USA (Dec 3, 2002)

Yesterday, Noveon, Inc. announced that it has acquired certain assets, technology and other intellectual property from CDI Dispersions and that it will expand manufacturing capacity at its Noveon...
BIL to focus on turn around operations of under-performing units, Deadline extension for E.On's proposed RAG acquisition, Silver No. 1 vehicle color worldwide for 2002 (Nov 28, 2002)

Welcome to the late-week edition of the www.PaintandCoatings.com newsletter. In international news, Berger International Limited announced yesterday that they will focus immediately...
Judge allows city to seek millions of dollars from lead-paint manufacturers, Fire at Reichhold Czech Republic plant, Crown Cork & Seal Co. reinitiates commercial production (Nov 26, 2002)

As always, there’s a lot going on, here is just a sample: From the “been there, done that” file, we receive news of the lead paint suit being raised in St. Louis, MO. A judge...
Degussa to close carbon black plant at Baytown, Durr not to meet its target for profit, PPG earnings for Q4 to be between 55 and 60 cents a share (Nov 21, 2002)

Welcome to your late-week industry update from www.PaintandCoatings.com . In business news since last newsletter, Standard & Poor's says it has cut Rohm and Haas's long-term corporate credit and...
Valspar reports Q4 net income, Glidden dismissed from 3 lead paint lawsuits, DuPont settles one lawsuit over C8 contamination (Nov 19, 2002)

Welcome to your early-week industry update from www.PaintandCoatings.com . The Valspar Corporation reported net income for the fourth quarter ending October 25, 2002 of $34,925,000, or $0.68...
BASF to increase capacity of polyisobutenes in Ludwigshafen, Chinese 'Ya Qi' rust resistant waterborne paint put into production, $300,000 compensation for injuries of spray can explosion (Nov 14, 2002)

Welcome to your late-week industry update from www.PaintandCoatings.com . In industry news, BASF recently announced that they would increase their capacity in medium molecular weight...
Sun Chemical acquires 50% interest in AIC France, CPS Color acquires Corob Group from Swisslog AG, DTT announces organizational changes (Nov 12, 2002)

The stage that was set for the proliferation of lead-paint litigation seems to have been cleared by the Rhode Island mistrial and the New Jersey decision. The other trial that was gaining inertia...
DuPont completes acquisition of ChemFirst Inc., Foster Wheeler subsidiary won FEEP development contract for China, Superior Court of New Jersey dismisses complaints against NL Industries (Nov 7, 2002)

Welcome to your late-week industry news update from www.PaintandCoatings.com . DuPont announced today the completion of the acquisition of ChemFirst Inc. in a cash merger with a ChemFirst price...
Federal money began flowing to fund lead abatement taskforces, NPCA to mobilize against asbestos litigation, TOR Minerals earns $137,000 for Q3 (Nov 5, 2002)

As the dust begins to settle on ICE 2002, we bid a fond and permanent adieu to New Orleans as a venue, looking forward to next year in Philadelphia and then every other year in Chicago after that....
R. I. lead paint trial could not reach a verdict, DuPont to cut 650 positions, 2002 George Baugh Heckel award goes to Freidun Anwari (Oct 31, 2002)

Welcome to your Thursday industry wrap-up from www.PaintandCoatings.com . First, an apology about our last issue. Due to the installation of new software, the mailing of the newsletter was delayed...
Glidden's dismissal from the City of Chicago lead paint lawsuit, Ferro's sales increased nearly 28 % in Q3 2001, Kerr-McGee Chemical to increase price of TRONOX® (Oct 29, 2002)

Greetings to all of you from New Orleans, 2002 home of the NPCA National meeting and FSCT’s ICE. PaintandCoatings.com will have a detailed run-down of yesterday’s NPCA meetings posted in...
TotalFinaElf set to agree on sale of SigmaKalon, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. posts Q3 EPS of 40 cents, Wattyl recording strong profit growth this year (Oct 24, 2002)

Welcome to your late-week industry update from www.PaintandCoatings.com . I was saddened to read in the news that Jay Smith, 87, also known as “Pinky” in the “Our Gang”...
R. I. lead paint suit trial phase comes to an end after exactly 7 weeks, DIC Alkylphenol Singapore breaks ground for PTBP plant, Chrysler Group plant to open in Windsor in 2005 (Oct 22, 2002)

Welcome to your early-week paint industry update from www.PaintandCoatings.com . There has been a lot of news; here is a wrap-up of the latest items. For those of you following the Rhode...
DuPont not to finalize acquisition of ChemFirst till blast investigations are over, R. I. lead paint suit lawyers for paint companies planning to seek dismissal of the state's lawsuit against them (Oct 17, 2002)

Welcome to your late-week industry update from www.PaintandCoatings.com . In the biggest news of the week, DuPont and ChemFirst Inc. announced Tuesday that DuPont will not be in a position to...
RPM names Frank C. Sullivan CEO, Fargo Paint sold to Cloverdale Paint of Surrey, The Wilshire Paint under investigation by state in illegal dumping of paint products (Oct 15, 2002)

Here is your early-week paint industry update from www.PaintandCoatings.com . RPM, Inc. announced on Friday that in accordance with its executive transition plan, the Board of Directors has...

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