Nouryon recently recognized seven of its top global supply chain partners through its annual 2023 Supplier of the Year Awards event held in Miami, Florida. 

Highlights of the report include a 12% volume growth and 5.5% value growth in the company's Decorative Business segment in addition to showing a consistent double-digit volume growth trend on a four-year CGR basis.

The high double-digit million euro agreement is the basis for all future business relationships that exist between the two companies in many different areas, enabling much faster and easier collaboration.

After record-high fourth quarter net sales, full-year highlights also include record sales of $18.2 billion; aided by 3% organic sales growth.

For the full year, sales grew to a record $23.05 billion with a consolidated net sales increase of 4.1%.

In a report released by ResearchandMarkets, the PU coatings market was valued at $18.26 billion in 2022 and is anticipated to grow with a CAGR of 5.21% through 2028.

Five companies were named Vendor of the Year, and three additional winners were selected in the Innovative Product of the Year, Productive Solutions Award, and Marketing Innovation Award categories. 

With the Merichem Company advised by Grace Matthews, collectively-renamed Merichem Technologies will now be a global provider of sulfur treating technologies and solutions and a suite of proprietary chemical catalysts. 

As the nation’s premier middle school science competition, the annual 3M Young Scientist Challenge invites students in grades 5-8 to compete for an exclusive mentorship with a 3M scientist, a $25,000 grand prize, and the chance to earn the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist.”

In trend research released last fall, the company stated that the traditional automotive color wheel was going through a transformation. The recently released color report shows, among other things, that achromatic colors, which have always formed the foundation of automotive color, are experiencing a significant shift.