BASF announced that on April 1, 2017, Hartwig Michels, President, Regional Division Europe, Ludwigshafen, will take over as President, Petrochemicals, Ludwigshafen.

Wacker Chemie AG officially started up its new pilot reactor for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions at its Nanjing site (Jiangsu province) in China.

OMNOVA Solutions Inc. announced that it is moving forward with its CEO succession process, and Kevin M. McMullen is stepping down as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, and as a member of the board of directors, effective December 1, 2016, to pursue other interests.

Due to the October 17 fire, which took place at the North Harbor at BASF SE in Ludwigshafen, Germany, BASF announced it has to declare force majeure.

Specialty chemicals company Clariant announced sales for the first nine months of 2016 at CHF 4,299 billion compared to CHF 4,281 billion in 2015.

Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, has completed debottlenecking on a reactor brought online in 2014 to optimize output, adding 50 KT of reactor capacity.

At least one person has died and six people injured in an explosion and fire at chemical company BASF’s site in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

Peter Summo is the new President of WACKER POLYMERS, effective Oct. 1, 2016.

Specialty chemicals company Clariant was listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) 2016, recognizing it as one of the most sustainable chemical companies for the fourth consecutive year.

Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, has appointed Scott Neuheardt Vice President and General Manager for the group's line of K-FLEX^® low-VOC, non-phthalate plasticizers and coalescents.