The Performance Products division of Huntsman Corp. announced plans to expand capacity of specialty amines at its manufacturing facilities in Petfurdo, Hungary, and in Conroe, TX.
Following two years of successful cooperation, the global chemical company Oxea has extended its distribution partnership with the Dutch chemical distributor IMCD for its amines in Europe.
Effective immediately, BASF and Gustav Grolman GmbH & Co. KG, Neuss, Germany, will start an exclusive collaboration in the marketing of amine-based curing agents of the Baxxodur® brand in Europe.
Specialty chemicals company Clariant International Ltd. and Wilmar International Limited, a leading Asian agribusiness group, have received the relevant merger clearances for the establishment of a 50-50 joint venture called The Global Amines Co., which is now in operation.
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