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C O M PA NY NEWS Rohm and Haas Opens Sanshui Manufacturing Facility SHANGHAI, China — Rohm and Haas Co. has officially launched the initial operations of its new manufacturing plant in Sanshui, Guangdong Province, China. To date, the company has invested approximately U.S. $10 million in this site, which will make products based on acrylic emulsion technology. This is a significant milestone for Rohm and Haas’s strategic footprint in China and further demonstrates the company’s commitment to the South China coatings market. The new plant has more than 20,000 metric tons of capacity and can be expanded to meet future needs in this rapidly growing market. Products made at the facility include environmentally advanced water-based binders and emulsions used to make consumer paints and coatings. BYK to Take Over Production Location in Kempen WESEL, Germany — BYK-Chemie GmbH has a new production location in Germany. BYK will be taking over the company grounds, plant and staff at the Kempen location (Lower Rhine) from the ALTANA subsidiary ELANTAS. The Kempen location was founded by Horst Wiedeking in 1955 under the name Chemische Fabrik Mühlheim and has been owned by the ALTANA group since 1988. Kempen will initially be used for the manufacture of primary and intermediate products required for making additives. “The thinking behind this takeover is to secure long-term availability of several primary products that are crucially important for our own products,” explained Roland Peter, Division Manager of BYK Additives and Instruments. BYK plans to expand the location gradually, eventually manufacturing additives as well as preliminary products there. continue to market the products, ensuring continuity in the supply to its customers. The Veneziani Group has facilities for the production of engineering polymers – including unsaturated polyesters – at its site in Garbagnate, Italy. It is a leading supplier of raw materials, particularly for applications in the field of corrosion protection. The company, which also has a production site in Castelnuovo B. D’Adda, Italy, employs 145 people and reached sales in 2007 of €56 million. LANXESS Corp. Recognized by SOCMA PITTSBURGH — The Basic Chemicals Business Unit of LANXESS Corp, located in Baytown, TX, has received a Gold Performance Improvement award for accomplishments in maintaining strong environmental, health, safety and security (EHS&S) efforts. The Gold Award is the top honor given by the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA) and demonstrates that the company has made a major commitment of time and resources to EHS&S improvements. The award is sponsored by ChemStewards®, SOCMA’s EHS&S initiative. Bayer MaterialScience Sells Part of its Unsaturated Polyester Resins Business LEVERKUSEN, Germany — Bayer MaterialScience has sold a part of its unsaturated polyester resins business to the Italian company Veneziani S.p.A. The products involved in the transaction are used primarily for the formulation of wood finishes, thus divesting Bayer MaterialScience of selected product grades that no longer fit in with its overall long-term portfolio. Bayer MaterialScience’s full range of unsaturated polyesters is grouped together under the name Roskydal®. Neither this brand, nor any production plants, nor workforce will be affected by the transaction; the majority of the business will be continued by Viverso, a fully owned subsidiary of Bayer MaterialScience. Veneziani S.p.A. will 20 MARCH 2008 | W W W . P C I M A G . C O M D.B. Becker Co. Awarded Distributor of the Year by EPS/CCA Corp. CLINTON, NJ — The D.B. Becker Co. Inc., specialty chemical distributor, has been recognized as Distributor of the Year for 2007 by EPS/CCA Corp. Engineered Polymer Solutions (EPS) manufactures waterborne acrylic, styrenated acrylic, water-dispersible acrylic, PVA and alkyds for the coatings industry. It specializes in coatings for DTM, wood, cementitious substrates and other http://WWW.PCIMAG.COM

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