The board of directors of Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) on Feb. 10 declared a dividend of 15 cents per share on the common stock of the corporation payable March 15, 2011 to shareholders of record at the close of business March 1, 2011.
Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l. will increase prices for all uncoated recycled paperboard grades in all European markets by 50 Euro, or £45,per metric ton on all shipments effective February 28, 2011.
From April 12 to April 15, BASF will present new products and customer-orientated applications at INDEX 2011, the world’s leading nonwovens exhibition, in Geneva.
Owners of established printing machines wanting to swap to after-market inks can now make the move to Colorific’s high quality family of solvent-based products without having the worry of making the change-over.
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG is to increase its prices for Durethan Compounds (Polyamide Compounds, PA) and Pocan Compounds (Polybutylenterephthalate Compounds, PBT) in Europe, the Middle East and Africa by at least EUR 0.30 per kilogram effective February 14, 2011.
Specialty chemicals group LANXESS is taking steps to adjust its asset structure in India. Production facilities in Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, will be relocated to the company’s recently-opened site in Jhagadia, Gujarat state. This will affect facilities manufacturing leather chemicals, material protection products as well as products from Rhein Chemie.
The DuPont Teijin Films (DTF) Hopewell plant recently awarded $500 educational grants to three Virginia State University (VSU) engineering students as part of its Annual Day of Celebration commemorating the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The students, Hassan Adams, Christopher Carmichael and Sadé Hill, were a team that competed in an engineering research project contest sponsored by DTF Hopewell.
