The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a request for information seeking public comment on potential revisions to its Process Safety Management standard and related standards, as well as other policy options to prevent major chemical incidents.
Global supplier of pigment and chemical dispersions Chromaflo Technologies and integrated tinting specialist CPS Color’s colorant business are combining to create an independent global colorant system and pigment dispersion platform.
Stephan Sielaff has been named Chief Operating Officer of Archroma, a leader in color and specialty chemicals and the former textile, paper and emulsions businesses of Clariant.
UK-based Green Biologics Ltd., a technology developer and emerging bio-based C4 chemicals producer focused on renewable n-butanol, has closed a £15.4 million (approximately $25 million) Series B round led by Sofinnova Partners with strategic participation by Swire Pacific Limited.
Carbon black manufacturer Cabot Corp., Boston, has agreed to pay a $975,000 civil penalty and spend an estimated $84 million on technology to control air pollution, resolving alleged violations of the New Source Review (NSR) provisions of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at its three facilities in the towns of Franklin and Ville Platte, LA, and Pampa, TX.
Gelest Inc., Morrisville, PA, has named Gautavik International, Mumbai, India, as the exclusive Indian distributor for the complete line of Gelest silane, metal organic and silicone products.
Following a review of its European carbon black operations, Orion Engineered Carbons GmbH will stop production at its Sines, Portugal, facility by the end of 2013.
AkzoNobel has joined the Together for Sustainability (TfS) initiative, a move that will help drive improvements throughout the company’s global supply chain.