NAGASE & CO. LTD. recently announced the appointment of Bradley Hilborn as the new CEO of its Americas division, Nagase Holdings America Corp.

Polygiene Group has hired Frank Stevens to fill the new position of Chief Operating Officer. 

Colonial Chemical Inc. held a groundbreaking earlier this year for a new specialty chemicals manufacturing plant in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. 

Michem® Guard 400 is an APEO-free and low-VOC multifunctional water-based additive that imparts improved scrub resistance, abrasion resistance and superior stain resistance in indoor architectural paints.

Specialty chemicals company Orion Engineered Carbons announced plans to build a plant in the United States that will produce acetylene-based conductive additives.

Addipel recently announced the addition of a new ribbon blender to increase mixing capacity.

Chemical company Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. (IVL) recently completed its acquisition of Brazil-based Oxiteno S.A. Indústria e Comércio.

Bodo Möller Chemie Group and BASF SE are expanding their long-standing distribution partnership by establishing a new collaboration in Northwest Africa. 

OCSiAl’s graphene nanotube synthesis facility in Luxembourg, expected to be the largest of its kind, is scheduled to begin production in 2025. 

Ashland recently announced plans to increase production capacity of Natrosol™ hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) at its site in Hopewell, Virginia, instead of the company’s Nanjing, China, site as previously announced.