Emerson, St. Louis, Missouri, has announced its new Branson™ MCX Series ultrasonic mold cleaning systems, which feature side-mounted immersible transducers and powerful immersion heaters that can provide effective, fast and efficient cleaning. Compared to the manual cleaning of plastics injection molds, which may take up to three hours or more, the Branson MCX Series does the … [Read more...] about Emerson’s Ultrasonic Systems Reduce Mold Cleaning Time

Clariant, Charlotte, North Carolina, announced a new collaborative innovation center to support North America’s paints and coatings industry in meeting the challenges of emerging trends, increasing performance requirements and meeting sustainability needs. Clariant’s new laboratory will bring together its research and technical experts in specialty formulation ingredients … [Read more...] about Clariant Opens Collaborative Innovation Center

Inhance Technologies, Houston, Texas, has appointed Andrew Leeser as the chief financial officer. Leeser has joined the organization after four years at Cimarron Energy, a private equity backed oil and gas business, where he led all aspects of finance and accounting, treasury, credit/banking, and broader business support. In addition to Inhance Technologies’ global finance, … [Read more...] about Inhance Technologies Appoints Chief Financial Officer

MCC Verstraete, Maldegem, Belgium, has always looked for ways to minimize the impact of its products and production processes on the environment, leading to the company's Belgian production units in Maldegem and Ursel to obtain the certificate of CO2-neutral production. "We produce labels that become part of plastic packaging and of course we are aware of the (ecological) … [Read more...] about MCC Verstraete Achieves CO2–Neutral Production

Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), New York, New York, has announced a definitive agreement under which CD&R funds will acquire and combine Fort Dearborn and Multi-Color Corporation. This acquisition hopes to create the world’s largest label solutions company serving customers worldwide. "We see strong strategic logic and promising value creation potential in … [Read more...] about Merger of Fort Dearborn and Multi-Color Corporation to Create Global Label Manufacturer