Hempel has acquired its South African toll manufacturer, The Coatings Manufacturing Co. (TCMC), which is located near Johannesburg.

RadTech Europe anticipates a full agenda of activities in 2015, driven by growing interest in the UV/EB curing technologies across an ever-widening range of industries.

BASF and PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) will build a new world-scale production plant for 2-ethylhexanoic acid (2-EHAcid) at the site of their existing joint venture, BASF PETRONAS Chemicals, in Kuantan, Malaysia.

3E Company, a provider of environmental health and safety (EH&S) compliance and information management services, has received a Business Achievement Award in the information technology category from Environmental Business Journal (EBJ).

Yara International and BASF Group have agreed to build a world-scale ammonia plant at BASF's site in Freeport, TX.

News outlet Biofuels Digest gave its Chemical of the Year award to bio-succinic acid, naming producers BioAmber and Reverdia.

AkzoNobel Performance Coatings announced plans to invest €2.5 million to expand its plant in Cikarang, Indonesia.

JNS Smithchem LLC has been appointed the distributor for Invotec LLC and its corrosion-inhibiting pigments, flash rust inhibitors, flame retardants, smoke suppressors and phosphating catalysts.

Specialty chemicals company Clariant announced 2014 full-year sales from continuing operations of CHF 6.116 billion compared to CHF 6.076 billion in full-year 2013, an increase of 5% in local currencies, mainly driven by higher volumes (+4%). In Swiss francs, sales increased by 1%.

Stepan Co. announced the sale of its Specialty Polyurethane Systems business to J6 Polymers LLC.