The Surface Treatment business unit of the Coatings division of BASF, operating under the Chemetall brand, has started construction of its surface treatment site in the Dushan Port Economic Development Zone of Pinghu, Zhejiang Province, China.
Rain Carbon Inc., a leading global producer of carbon-based products, initiated the phased start-up of its hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins production facility in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany.
Building on its long and successful cooperation with Nordmann, Venator recently named the company the sole distributor of its titanium dioxide and functional additives products in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Specialty chemicals provider Clariant announced continuing operations sales for the first half of 2019 of CHF 2.229 billion compared to CHF 2.224 billion in the first half year 2018.