Issue: February / March 2012

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News from this issue

• Tea dance and tango to set the trend for 2012
• Asia Pacific: biggest market for sealants and adhesives
• AkzoNobel acquires surfactant producer
• Reichhold opens plant in Tianjin, China
• IN BRIEF
• APCJ February/March 2012 out now
• IN BRIEF
• ‘Globalisation and sustainability to impact APAC chemical companies’ reports Frost & Sullivan
• Valspar opens R&D centre in China
• The Valspar Corporation has opened its R&D centre in Shunde, China. The Valspar Applied Science and
• IMCD expands in Asia Pacific region
• Wacker expands Mumbai centre
• PPG holds first open day in Tianjin plant
• DuPont affirms long-term growth outlook
• Chinese carbon black exports doubled in 2011 says report
• IN BRIEF
• DIC Group to take over all Pacific Inks’ businesses
• PPG announces global initiative to leverage titanium dioxide expertise
• Researchers develop paint-on solar cells