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  • Perstorp and PTT Launch JV for Isocyanates (Nov 29, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. The industry has been a little lazy since last Thursday, but here is the news since then.
  • Valspar Beats Wall Street Despite Impairments (Nov 24, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. It's been fairly busy in the industry this week despite the general economy and the...
  • Arkema Announces Designs on Asia (Nov 22, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. The industry turned in a sleepy end-of-week last week, so we'll take this opportunity to be...
  • BASF to Move Dispersion and Pigment HQ to Hong Kong (Nov 17, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. Much like your old editor in his Camaro on a rough road, there's a "whole lotta' shakin'...
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  • Arkema to Extend Surfactant Offering (Nov 15, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. It was a busy week in the industry, with numerous announcements from the usual suspects.
  • DSM to Merge Two Business Units (Nov 10, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. The week was pretty busy for a change, and we have a bunch of things to cover.
  • Lubrizol to Buy Spain’s Merquinsa (Nov 8, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. There were a few significant announcements at the end of last week, involving mergers and...
  • QSC Acquires Patriot Paint (Nov 3, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. The industry has been remarkably quiet the last few days, it kind of makes you wonder what...
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  • AkzoNobel to Build Auto and Aerospace Plant in China (Nov 1, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. We have lots of business and financial news to get to, so let's not waste time.
  • Switzerland’s Lonza to Acquire Arch Chemicals (Oct 27, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. As we big band swing lovers would say of the industry, "the joint's a jumpin'", so we have...
  • AkzoNobel Earnings Down on Raw Material Prices (Oct 25, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. So here we are in earnings season, and the outlook is decidedly dour, of the three large...
  • PPG Finalizes Dyrup Deal at Discount (Oct 20, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. There's a lot going on in the industry, so, let's commence... (1 Member Reaction)
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  • Ashland to Boost HEC Production (Oct 18, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. Raw material suppliers continue to spool-up production of certain key ingredients to fend...
  • Altana Buys Metalure from Avery Dennison (Oct 13, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. There is a lot of business news, so let's not waste time.
  • BASF to Sell Decorative Arm of Relius Coatings (Oct 11, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. The end of the week was busy in the industry, with several deals announced and financials...
  • AkzoNobel Powder Opens Latest Facility in Turkey (Oct 6, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. There is a lot of news, some in the unaccustomed merger and acquisition area...
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  • BASF Expands PU Reach in Russia (Oct 4, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. Eurocoat, by all reports, was a smashing success, with many new products on display -...
  • Evonik Lays Foundation for Latest R&D Buildings (Sep 29, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. Well, Eurocoat is happening, and news is a little thin on the ground, so we'll be brief.
  • RPM International to Buy Legend Brands (Sep 27, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your early week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. There was lots of news in the industry since Thursday, so let's get right to it.
  • Huntsman to Study Epoxy Expansion Plan (Sep 22, 2011)
    Hello and welcome to your late week international coatings industry update, brought to you by SpecialChem. The industry continues to compensate for greater apparent product demand by debottlenecking...
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