The specialty chemicals Group ALTANA has achieved a considerable increase in sales and earnings in the first quarter of the current business year compared to the prior-year period.
NETZSCH Fine Particle Technology, LLC and SPX Corp. signed a definitive agreement on April 30, 2010, under which NETZSCH acquired the Premier Mill business of SPX Corp.
Eastman Chemical Co. has completed the acquisition of Genovique Specialties Corp., a leading global producer of specialty plasticizers, benzoic acid and sodium benzoate.
Westlake Chemical Corp. has reported net income for the three months ended March 31, 2010 of $17.6 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, on sales of $778.3 million.
AkzoNobel is planning to build an additional plant at its Ningbo multi-site for its Functional Chemicals business. The new EUR 17 million project, part of a total investment of EUR 275 million, will further expand the company’s rapidly growing organic peroxides activities.
Holliday Pigments’ Directeur Général, Christian Duhayon, has been recognized by a French parliamentary figure serving Comines, North France, where the company’s manufacturing facility is located.
Adhesive Applications has announced the addition of Jay Hirschberg, a seasoned adhesives sales specialist, to continue development of the fenestration and solar markets.