Pilot Chemical Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, made two important changes to its board of directors.

In 2017, Perstorp showed a sales increase of 23% to SEK 13,592 million and reached volume-based sales growth of 10%.

The Supervisory Board of Covestro has agreed on an amicable retirement of Patrick Thomas as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective May 31, 2018.

The global chemical company Oxea aims to annually produce 60,000 metric tons of dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP), a general-purpose non-ortho-phthalate plasticizer, in Europe by the second half of 2019.

WACKER is strengthening its presence in Russia by expanding the service portfolio offered by its technical center in Moscow, integrating a new dedicated laboratory for adhesives and sealants based on silane-terminated polyethers (hybrid polymers) used mostly in the construction industry.

DowDuPont announced that Andrew N. Liveris will be transitioning out of the role as Executive Chairman, and then retiring as the Materials Science Division of the company progresses on its succession process.

AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals and Evonik Industries have successfully started production at their new joint venture to produce chlorine and potassium hydroxide at the company's Ibbenbüren site in Germany.

The global chemical company Oxea has released its first sustainability report.

BASF Venture Capital (BASF) is leading an $8 million Series B financing round in the U.S. functional chemistry firm, NBD Nanotechnologies (NBD Nano).

Georgia-Pacific Chemicals (GPC) has promoted Dennis Easter to Vice President and General Manager of Thermosets.