Responding to current and expected production needs for Thailand and Southeast Asia, AkzoNobel has opened a new Performance Coatings production facility in Chonburi, Thailand.
The NRC Group and Olin have started a new collaboration in which the NRC Group now distributes Olin’s epoxy resins (D.E.R.™/D.E.N.™) and curing agents (D.E.H.™).
Bayferrox® yellow, red and black pigments from specialty chemicals company LANXESS have been recertified for pre-consumer recycled iron oxide content from SCS Global Services (SCS).
Wacker Chemie AG, the Munich-based chemical group, officially started construction on its HDK® pyrogenic silica plant, which is located adjacent to WACKER’s Charleston, Tennessee, polysilicon plant.
AkzoNobel has opened a Performance Coatings production facility in Santo André, Brazil, which will enable the company to be more agile in responding to local customer needs and regional market demands.
Huntsman Corp.and Clariant announced that their boards of directors approved a definitive agreement to combine in a merger of equals through an all-stock transaction.
Specialty chemicals company Clariant announced an investment by its Additives business to ensure local manufacturing in China of customized, high-end solutions for the plastics, coatings and inks industries.
Specialty chemicals distributor IMCD N.V. has signed an agreement to acquire the specialty chemicals distribution business of Texas-based Bossco Industries Inc.