Arch Chemicals Inc. has reached an agreement in which Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co. Ltd. of Japan has licensed Arch under certain patents in the United States, Europe, Japan and China covering an advanced method of manufacturing 1, 2 benzisothiazolin 3-one.
At a ceremony in Grenoble, France, specialty chemicals company Perstorp and PTT Global Chemical signed an agreement forming a joint venture dedicated to the manufacturing and sales of aromatic (TDI) and aliphatic (IPDI, HDI and derivates) isocyanates.
Clariant is supporting the ZHAW School of Engineering in Winterthur, Switzerland, in a major R&D collaboration on-target to achieve a breakthrough in anti-freeze technology.