Gelest announced it has completed the sale of Gelest Intermediate Holdings to Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.

Hexion Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Phenolic Specialty Resin, Hexamine and European-Based Forest Products Resins businesses for approximately $425 million to Black Diamond and Investindustrial.

Huntsman Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement with funds advised by SK Capital Partners LP to sell approximately 42.5 million of the shares it holds in Venator Materials PLC for a cash purchase price of approximately $100 million.

The Chemours Co. has sold its methylamines business unit to Belle Chemical Co., an affiliate of Cornerstone Chemical Co.

Specialty chemical company Clariant has agreed to sell its entire Masterbatches business to PolyOne.

Huntsman Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its chemical intermediates businesses and its surfactants businesses to Indorama Ventures in a transaction valued at $2.076 billion.

The J.M. Huber Corp., Edison, New Jersey, has completed the sale of the Silica business unit of Huber Engineered Materials (HEM) to Evonik Industries AG, a global specialty chemicals company. 

Huntsman Corp. has completed the sale of its European surfactants business to Innospec Inc. for an enterprise value of $225 million.

PPG announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell the assets of its Mexico-based Plaka plasterboard and cement-board business to Knauf International GmbH.

AVALON Industries AG, the new entity of the Swiss-based company AVA-CO2 Schweiz AG, is taking over all biobased chemistry activities from AVA-CO2 with immediate effect.