DuPont and The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow) announced that their boards of directors unanimously approved a definitive agreement under which the companies will combine in an all-stock merger of equals.

ANGUS Chemical Co. announced the grand opening of new Customer Application Centers in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Shanghai, China.

Munich-based chemicals group WACKER has expanded the service portfolio at its technical center in Mexico City.

GFBiochemicals has appointed three new senior team members as the company gains momentum producing levulinic acid at commercial scale.

Steven Falloon has joined OMNOVA Solutions as General Manager, Performance Materials.

Chemical company Kemira recently celebrated 25 years without a lost-time accident (LTA) at its site located in Marietta, GA.

Sun Chemical has improved its recently launched customer-focused global website at http://es.sunchemical.com by adding Spanish language pages.

As of July 1, the new company of Chemours Co. officially spun off from DuPont.

Scott Bader has appointed Jean-Claude Pierre as its new Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

VanDeMark Chemical Inc., Lockport, NY, has appointed James E. Romano Vice President of Global Sales & Business Development.