AkzoNobel's Specialty Chemicals business recently broke ground on a new alkoxylation facility in Ningbo, China, bringing the company's total investment in the strategic multi-site to more than €400 million.
Safic-Alcan, an international distributor of specialty chemicals, has launched its new corporate logo reflecting the company’s presence in Europe and that of its subsidiaries and partners abroad.
Chilworth Technology Inc. announced that its dust-explosion testing and process safety management services will help all process manufacturing industries address OSHA’s hazard communications rule covering combustible dust.
The production of key raw materials for Perstorp’s general-purpose PVC plasticizers, valeraldehyde and 2-propylheptanol, and associated chemicals at a major extension to the company’s main plant in Stenugsund, Sweden, has started up on time.
JNS Smithchem LLC, Paterson, NJ, has been appointed the exclusive distributor for Alpine Chemical Inc., Dalton, GA, for epoxy resins, epoxy additives and specialty amines.
The PPG Industries Foundation has donated $10,000 to the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas to support a new science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education program for 6th- through 12th-grade students from two public all-girls schools in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
In order to accommodate the increasing demand for its micronized red iron oxides, Nubifer 5000 Series Reds, Nubiola has approved an investment to expand production capacity by around 10%.