Maroon Group LLC has acquired 100 percent of the assets of D.B. Becker Co. Inc., Clinton, NJ, a distributor of specialty chemicals to the eastern United States.
Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, announced that the company’s board of directors has approved the plan to add a second benzoic acid purification and finishing process at its facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
OMNOVA Solutions announced that Mark Chrisman has joined the company as Global Vice President, Sales and Commercial Excellence of its Performance Chemicals business unit.
Producers of surfactants and hard-surface cleaners around the world now have access to a major new supply of a highly cost-effective raw material, 2-propyl heptanol (2-PH).
According to a report by Grand View Research, the global aniline market is expected to grow due to increasing demand for MDI as an intermediate to produce sealants, elastomers, coatings and adhesives in the polyurethane industry.