Huntsman Corp., The Woodlands, TX, announced a combined investment of $135 million at two of its world-scale methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) manufacturing facilities.

Alberdingk Boley has announced a new website at www.alberdingkusa.com.

Wilden^®, a leader in air-operated double-diaphragm pump technology, has launched a new website designed specifically for the coatings market.

The specialty chemicals group ALTANA increased sales by 5 percent to EUR 1.7 billion in the 2012 business year, achieving the company’s target level for the year.

As part of a plan to expand its customer service offering, Hoover Container Solutions (Hoover), Houston, has completed construction of a new IBC tank cleaning services facility at its Houston, TX, facility.

Oxea will increase list and off-list prices on certain polyols and carboxylic acids effective April 1, 2013, or as contracts allow.

Specialty chemicals company Clariant has introduced its new EcoTain^® approach to sustainable innovation.

The BASF Dispersions & Pigments Division recently recognized Ribelin Sales with its Distributor of the Year for 2012 award.

Oxea’s production site in Oberhausen, Germany, will undergo a scheduled turnaround for approximately four weeks, beginning on May 24, 2013.

Wacker Chemie AG, Munich, cited weakness in the solar-grade silicon and semiconductor wafers markets as reasons for the company’s sales, which dipped to EUR 4.63 billion in 2012, six percent lower than the previous year’s earnings of EUR 4.91 billion.