Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) has announced new appointments in its Performance Chemicals and Intermediates (PCI) and Coatings, Adhesives, Specialty Polymers and Inks (CASPI) business segments. Damon C. Warmack has been named vice president and general manager, PCI. Brad Lich ...

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced today that it has acquired the combined companies of Rite Systems, Inc. and Ricon Colors Inc., leading U.S. masterbatches suppliers with both liquid and solid masterbatches technology. The purchase substantially strengthens ...

For an unprecedented third straight year, Graham Packaging Company, L.P., was honored by the H. J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ) as its Supplier of the Year in the packaging category. Graham Packaging won for performance measures that include service, quality and innovation.The award was ...

Husky Injection Molding Systems today announced additional investment in its industry-leading services and sales network with a new, expanded customer technical center that will open in Minami Machida, Japan by autumn 2008.“This new facility will allow us to better meet the ...

WHSmith Retail Limited, Great Britain’s highest volume retailer of print media and ...

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, announced today that it has formed PolyOne Japan Kabushiki Kaisha (PolyOne Japan Ltd.). The new company, which has established an office in Tokyo and named Mr. Masato Sakuma ...

Who, feeling thirsty, has not casually opened a bottle of water without so much as a thought to the closure cap on that bottle? It’s an oft-repeated action, but we never ask ourselves about the industrial process that lies behind the construction of that cap. Yet behind this ...

LA SEDA DE BARCELONA has signed an agreement with the Townhall “El Prat de Llobregat”, to start up the “CO2 Project” . La Seda, as an emblematic company in the area, has alwayss maintained a high commitment to the community of EL Prat, as well as excellent relations with this ...

Demand for pouches in the US is forecast to climb 6.1 percent per year to $7.9 billion in 2012, stimulated by robust growth for stand-up pouches and healthy gains for flat pouches in a number of markets. Unit demand is expected to increase 4.6 percent yearly to 89 billion. Pouches, ...

Graham Packaging to Go Public Through Transaction with Special Purpose Acquisition Company Graham a Global Market Leader in Value-Added Custom Plastic Containers, Widely Regarded as the Technology and Innovation Leader in its Industry Blackstone to Maintain Largest Ownership ...