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Correction In the July 1995 issue of Additives for Polymers, the contact address for the item Ciba Additives new pigment facility, on page 7 should have read as follows: Ciba Pigments, 205 S. James Street, Newport, DE 19804-2434, USA. Tel: + I302-992-5600. Fax: + l-302-633-2072.
Daniel plant expansion Daniel Products Co of New Jersey, USA, is undertaking a multi-million dollar expansion of its Jersey City, New Jersey site. The company is a supplier of pigment dispersions and performance-enhancing additives for the paint and coatings, printing inks, adhesives, and related markets. Contact: Daniel Products Co Inc, 400 Claremont Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07304, USA. Tel: +l-201-432-0800. Fax: +1-201432-0266.
ECC deal with Redland on chalk English China Clays (ECC) is to purchase the Maryland, USA operations of Redland, the UK building materials group. This will augment ECC’s calcium carbonate business in the US. It already has a calcium carbonate plant in Alabama, USA, which currently supplies the paint and polymer industries. Contact: English China Clays, 5775 Peachtree D&woody Road, Ste 2OOG, Atlanta, GA 30342, USA. Tel: + 1-404-8431551. Fax: + l-404-303-4384.
Cookson business deals Cookson Group plc, the international specialist industrial materials group in the UK, announces that Polyclad Laminates Inc, its US-based subsidiary engaged in the manufacture and supply of multi-layer
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laminates to the printed circuit board industry world-wide, has signed an agreement to acquire a 65 % interest in Dalian-Atlantic Co, Advanced Laminates in China. Cookson has also announced that it has reached an agreement in principle with Ferro Corp of Cleveland, USA, to sell Cookson’s subsidiary, Synthetic Products Co (Synpro). Synpro headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, produces chemical additives used primarily in the plastics and rubber industries and maintains operations in Ohio, Texas and Connecticut. Contact: Cookson Group plc, 130 Wood Street, London, EC2V 6EQ, UK. Tel: +441 71-606-4400. Fax: -I-44-171-606-2851.
Laporte acquires share in Chemische Werke Brockhues Laporte is expanding its pigments business with the purchase of 95.6 % of the shares of Chemische Werke Brockhues AG in Germany. Brockhues is considered a world leader in the manufacture of iron oxide pigment granules. At its main site in Walluf, near Frankfurt, Germany, it produces pigments for the colouring of concrete, paper, paints, plastics and wood. During the 1980s Chemische Werke Brockhues developed a pigment colorant in a granular form, trade-named Granufii, which was said to offer significant performance improvements over powder pigments. Its principle application was in the colouring of construction products. The main benefits of Granufin are said to be 1) it is easier and cleaner to handle and incorporate in blends and consequently adapts better to automated blending systems, and 2) it is more dispersible and easier to blend. Contact: Laporte plc, Laporte House, Kingsway, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 8EW, UK. Tel: +44-1582-21212.
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Correction In the July 1995 issue of Additives for Polymers, the contact address for the item Ciba Additives new pigment facility, on page 7 should have read as follows: Ciba Pigments, 205 S. James Street, Newport, DE 19804-2434, USA. Tel: + I302-992-5600. Fax: + l-302-633-2072.
Daniel plant expansion Daniel Products Co of New Jersey, USA, is undertaking a multi-million dollar expansion of its Jersey City, New Jersey site. The company is a supplier of pigment dispersions and performance-enhancing additives for the paint and coatings, printing inks, adhesives, and related markets. Contact: Daniel Products Co Inc, 400 Claremont Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07304, USA. Tel: +l-201-432-0800. Fax: +1-201432-0266.
ECC deal with Redland on chalk English China Clays (ECC) is to purchase the Maryland, USA operations of Redland, the UK building materials group. This will augment ECC’s calcium carbonate business in the US. It already has a calcium carbonate plant in Alabama, USA, which currently supplies the paint and polymer industries. Contact: English China Clays, 5775 Peachtree D&woody Road, Ste 2OOG, Atlanta, GA 30342, USA. Tel: + 1-404-8431551. Fax: + l-404-303-4384.
Cookson business deals Cookson Group plc, the international specialist industrial materials group in the UK, announces that Polyclad Laminates Inc, its US-based subsidiary engaged in the manufacture and supply of multi-layer
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laminates to the printed circuit board industry world-wide, has signed an agreement to acquire a 65 % interest in Dalian-Atlantic Co, Advanced Laminates in China. Cookson has also announced that it has reached an agreement in principle with Ferro Corp of Cleveland, USA, to sell Cookson’s subsidiary, Synthetic Products Co (Synpro). Synpro headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, produces chemical additives used primarily in the plastics and rubber industries and maintains operations in Ohio, Texas and Connecticut. Contact: Cookson Group plc, 130 Wood Street, London, EC2V 6EQ, UK. Tel: +441 71-606-4400. Fax: -I-44-171-606-2851.
Laporte acquires share in Chemische Werke Brockhues Laporte is expanding its pigments business with the purchase of 95.6 % of the shares of Chemische Werke Brockhues AG in Germany. Brockhues is considered a world leader in the manufacture of iron oxide pigment granules. At its main site in Walluf, near Frankfurt, Germany, it produces pigments for the colouring of concrete, paper, paints, plastics and wood. During the 1980s Chemische Werke Brockhues developed a pigment colorant in a granular form, trade-named Granufii, which was said to offer significant performance improvements over powder pigments. Its principle application was in the colouring of construction products. The main benefits of Granufin are said to be 1) it is easier and cleaner to handle and incorporate in blends and consequently adapts better to automated blending systems, and 2) it is more dispersible and easier to blend. Contact: Laporte plc, Laporte House, Kingsway, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 8EW, UK. Tel: +44-1582-21212.
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