Specialty chemicals company Clariant announced 2013 full-year sales from continuing operations of CHF 6.076 billion compared to CHF 6.038 billion in full-year 2012, an increase of 4 percent in local currencies and 1 percent in Swiss francs.
HORN, a distributor of specialty ingredients, chemicals and raw materials, announced that Jeffrey M. Wear has been named Senior Account Manager, supporting HORN Coatings and Building Materials.
With expected soft demand for 2014, AkzoNobel CEO Ton Büchner announced that the company will continue to cut costs. Büchner made the announcement as the company reported lower revenue for 2013.
Axalta Coating Systems will begin the next phase of construction to significantly expand its waterborne production capacity at the company’s operations in Guarulhos, Brazil.