Issue: December 2011

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News from this issue

• in brief
• Wacker expands technical centre in Mumbai to include dispersions
• Cristal and Outotec partnership
• AkzoNobel in top five per cent of the Carbon Reduction Commitment
• DSM announces a reorganisation
• in brief
• CEPE industry experts say no to relief on raw material prices in 2012
• PPG launches zero-VOC paint
• People
• BASF wins award at Materialica
• mergers & acquisitions
• Black is favourite colour for European cars, says PPG
• HMG secures government funds
• Clariant on track
• DuPont plans to sell coatings unit
• Colorcon and BASF collaborate
• Penta 91 to sell Wacker products
• De Vree has plenty to celebrate
• Q3 financial results:
• global news
• Flint Group reveals print award winners
• EU round up – Paint and coating chemical safety to be probed by EU
• EAS NEWS In Brief
• Araldite shear strength for marine components
• H B Fuller earns NSF certification
• Innovation award for Wacker
• FEICA REPORT