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RPM Fiscal 2010 Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results Show Marked Improvement Over Prior Year
RPM International Inc. (NYSE: RPM) today reported sharp increases in net income on higher sales for its fiscal 2010 fourth quarter ended May 31, 2010, compared to the prior fiscal year fourth quarter. [27 Jul 2010]
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Ashland Inc. reports preliminary Q3 results: $1.67 EPS from continuing operations; adjusted EPS of $1.22 excluding key items
Ashland Inc. has announced preliminary results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, the third quarter of its 2010 fiscal year. [23 Jul 2010]
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AkzoNobel publish Q2 2010 results
Akzo Nobel N.V. has announced a revenue increase of 13 percent (5 percent positive currency translation effect) for the second quarter of 2010 and the early achievement of the 14 percent EBITDA margin target set for the end of 2011. [20 Jul 2010]
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AkzoNobel sets $3 billion China target for 2015
AkzoNobel’s ambitious growth plans for Asia were underlined today when the company announced that it plans to double its current revenue in China within five years. [2 Jul 2010]
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Chase Corporation Sells Circuit Board Assembly Business
Chase Corporation, a global manufacturer of protective tapes and coatings for high reliability applications, announces that it has divested its contract manufacturing services business, Chase EMS, to MC Assembly. [1 Jul 2010]
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Arkema: update on the improvement of market conditions in the 2nd quarter 2010
The improvement, month after month, of the economic environment seen in the 1st quarter continued throughout the 2nd quarter. [1 Jul 2010]
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PPG Automotive Refinish announces appointments, organizational restructuring
PPG Industries’ automotive refinish business today announced a restructuring of its North American sales and marketing organization, with a number of key leadership changes. [1 Jul 2010]
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Grolman becomes distributor of Arkema’s fine powders for the paint market
Arkema has appointed a new distributor, Grolman, to market in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia and the Benelux countries, its Orgasol® and Rilsan® fine powders for paint and varnish applications. [30 Jun 2010]
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PPG Aerospace names Brian Roberson global platform director for coatings
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace business has appointed Brian Roberson global platform director for coatings. [30 Jun 2010]
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AkzoNobel Decorative Paints wins award for Dulux transformation
The successful transformation of Dulux into a major international brand has earned AkzoNobel’s Decorative Paints business a top UK marketing award. [25 Jun 2010]
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AkzoNobel to divest National Starch business for $1.3bn
Akzo Nobel N.V. (AkzoNobel) today announced the sale of its National Starch business to Corn Products International. The company will receive $1.3bn in cash and the buyer will assume certain pension and employee benefit liabilities. [21 Jun 2010]
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Cytec Expands Launch of High Performance UV Pressure Sensitive Adhesives into Asian Tape Market
Cytec Engineered Materials, a business unit of Cytec Industries Inc. is expanding its launch of new GELVA® Multipolymer Radiation (GMR) UV curable pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) into Asia to meet the regions’ emerging need for UV curable PSAs with exceptional adhesive characteristics to both low- and high-energy surfaces. [10 Jun 2010]
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Cytec announces first quarter 2010 results
Cytec Industries has announced net earnings for the first quarter 2010 of $24.8 million or $0.50 per diluted share on net sales of $787 million. [22 Apr 2010]
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AkzoNobel publishes first quarter results
AkzoNobel announced its results for the first quarter of 2010, with improved volumes in most businesses underpinning revenue growth of 6 percent. [22 Apr 2010]
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Hexion Specialty Chemicals opens manufacturing complex in Montenegro, Brazil
In a ceremony that featured Governor Yeda Crusius of Rio Grande Do Sul, regional customers and company officials, Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., officially opened a major resins manufacturing complex in Montenegro to serve the rapidly growing engineered wood products market in southern Brazil. [16 Apr 2010]
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Toyo Ink Forms New Subsidiary to Acquire Fluid Ink Technology’s Assets
Toyo Ink International Corp., a member of the Toyo Ink Group, has announced the formation of a new subsidiary, Toyo Ink Technologies, LLC, for the acquisition of specified assets of Fluid Ink Technology, Inc. of Moorpark, CA. [1 Apr 2010]
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Cognis sells UV acrylates business to IGM Resins
Global specialty chemicals supplier Cognis has signed an agreement that it intends to sell its UV acrylates business to IGM Resins, based in Waalwijk, the Netherlands. [1 Apr 2010]
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New aliphatic prepolymer from Bayer MaterialScience for high build moisture cure urethane coatings
Contractors tasked with resurfacing North America’s steel-based infrastructure and industry may find their jobs more manageable with the availability of a new aliphatic prepolymer from Bayer MaterialScience. [1 Apr 2010]
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Sika Acquires a Market Leader in Cementitious Flooring in Central and Eastern Europe
Sika AG announces that its Czech subsidiary, Sika CZ s.r.o., has acquired the business of the Czech Panbex Group. [30 Mar 2010]
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H.B. Fuller Reports Strong First Quarter 2010 Results
Net income at H.B. Fuller for the first quarter of 2010 was $19.0 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, versus $6.1 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, in last year's first quarter. [30 Mar 2010]
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Tikkurila has been listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange
Trading of the Tikkurila shares on the official list of the Helsinki Stock Exchange has started today on March 26, 2010. [26 Mar 2010]
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Hempel reports 2009 annual results
Hempel achieved a positive result in 2009, despite a loss of 10 per cent on its top line due to the shrinking world economy. [26 Mar 2010]
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WACKER Resumes Growth Course after the Crisis Year of 2009
Wacker Chemie reported that the upturn recently seen in its business fields is ongoing. After the global economic crisis sent customer demand plummeting in early 2009, sales volumes steadily recovered during the rest of the year. [24 Mar 2010]
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BASF to set up technical center for eco-friendly car coatings
Seoul, Korea. BASF establishes a technical center for developing advanced eco-friendly coatings technologies for the automotive industry in Korea. [19 Mar 2010]
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Let’s Color Campaign Reaches France
The global Let’s Color campaign launched by AkzoNobel’s Decorative Paints business reached France in March, when employees and members of the local community will be brightening up drab buildings in Aulnay-sous-Bois. [19 Mar 2010]
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