Airgas and Goodrich Corporation Extend Supply Agreement

02-Mar-2010 - Airgas, Inc. announced its supply agreement with Goodrich Corporation, global supplier of systems and services to the aerospace, defense and homeland security industries, has been extended for an additional two years. Airgas will continue to be Goodrich’s preferred supplier of industrial gases, ...

Former US ambassador warns of threat to REACH

02-Jun-2008 - The former US Ambassador to the European Union, Stuart Eizenstat, has warned of the "chilling signal" for EU-US trade if political activists are allowed to undermine European chemical legislation, after a green think-tank proposed that a range of fire safety products should be banned under EU law ...

The Linde Group to build LNG plant for Wesfarmers Limited in Western Australia

06-Oct-2006 - The technology company The Linde Group has received an order from Wesfarmers Limited for the lump sum turn-key installation of a small scale LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) plant in the Kwinana industrial zone close to Perth, Western Australia. The order value exceeds 40 million euro. Wesfarmers ...

3M to Acquire Aerion Technologies Inc.

Acquisition of Gas Detection Systems Expands 3M Safety Product Line

08-Aug-2006 - 3M has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aerion Technologies Inc., a provider of environmental monitoring products including gas detection systems. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. This acquisition broadens 3M's spectrum of safety products - for detection and protection ...

BASF completes acquisition of Callery Chemical from MSA

15-Sep-2003 - BASF has completed the acquisition of certain assets of the Callery Chemical Division of Mine Safety Appliances Company (MSA), the companies announced today. Operating since 1939, Callery is a leading manufacturer of boron and potassium chemicals used in pharmaceutical products and other ...

Bayer Chemicals and IBMO International cooperate and launchfire safety products for marine engineering and off-shore application

Bayfomox(R) prevents fire and smoke breakthrough without containing any fibers, solvents, plasticizers or halogen compounds

02-Jul-2003 - Bayer Chemicals, a division of Bayer AG, and the Swiss company IBMO International based in Rotkreuz have pooled their know-how to develop a cable conduit seal for ships and off-shore rigs. In an emergency, the fire-retardant IBMO cable conduits based on the two-component Bayer raw material system ...