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BANNOCKBURN, IL — The IPC has communicated the organization’s concerns over the inclusion of TBBPA in the latest draft list of substances for priority examination under RoHS to EU commissioners.

According to ENDS Europe DAILY, the draft by the European Commission's Environment Directorate-General (DG) with a new annex listing five substances for priority assessment and potential inclusion in RoHS, including TBBPA.
 
“TBBPA has already undergone a comprehensive EU Risk Assessment and, therefore, is not expected to be subject to authorization under REACH,” explained McGuirk.  “The recommendation for priority review of TBBPA under RoHS seemingly undermines the EU’s emerging chemicals policy and law under REACH.  We urge the commission to reconsider the inclusion of TBBPA in its list of ‘priority review’ substances under RoHS.”

A copy of IPC’s letter to EU commissioners is available at www.ipc.org/ehs<http://www.ipc.org/ehs>.

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PARSIPPANY, NJ - Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC Corporation, formerly known as Dainippon Ink & Chemicals, have formed a joint venture with Lianyungang Haidi Chemicals, Co. Ltd., China.

“This agreement expands Sun Chemical’s manufacturing capabilities of high performance pigments for our paints, coatings, plastics, and ink customers worldwide,” said Myron Petruch, president, Performance Pigments, Sun Chemical. “It will also enable us to further provide our customers with high performance pigments in Asia.”
 
The joint venture will be named Lianyungang DIC Color Co., Ltd., and will continue to manufacture high performance pigments and sell them through the worldwide sales network of DIC Corporation and Sun Chemical. The joint venture would eventually lead to an expansion of its product line to a wider range of organic high performance pigments in the future.

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ANAHEIM, CA -- DDi Corp reported financial results for the Q3 that ended September 30, 2008. Net sales increased 14% YoY to $49.3 million, with a gross margin 20.8% and adjusted EBITDA of $7.1 million. Net income was $1.6 million, or $0.08 per diluted share.

The company repurchased 1.6 million shares of stock, leaving 19.8 million shares outstanding.  
 
Mikel Williams, President and CEO of DDi, stated, "I am pleased with another quarter of solid results as we demonstrate focused execution on our strategy and operating plan despite a challenging general economic environment."

 

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SAN JOSE and SANTA CLARA, CA– Cirexx International, Inc. announced that its Santa Clara printed circuit board (PCB) plant has completed certification and qualification assessment by the Defense Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio (DSCC).

Cirexx obtained two MIL qualifications: MIL-PRF-31032/4A for 16-layer, rigid-flex products and MIL-PRF-313032/1B for 22-layer, rigid products. The company believes that with the MIL qualifications, bleeding edge programs and high-end defense customers will be able to “take advantage of the manufacturing abilities, lead times and engineering support.” 

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PHILADELPHIA, PA -- Rohm and Haas Q3 earnings increased by about 2%. For the third-quarter ending Sept. 30, net income was $131 million ($0.67 per share) compared with a Q3 2007 net income of $129 million ($0.61 per share).
 
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ASIA– Samsung Electro-Mechanics has signed a buyout deal with J-Three International Holding of Taiwan. As part of the 27.1 billion won (US$20.44 million) deal, Samsung Electro will have more than a 95% share of Unicap Electronics Industrial, currently owned by J-Three.
 
The deal goes into effect November 30, 2008. Unicap is located near Shanghai and specializes in the production of circuit boards in liquid-crystal displays. Samsung Electro expects the acquisition to increase its competitiveness in circuit board production.

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