As the global demand for pentaerythritol (Penta) keeps growing, Perstorp is increasing the effective annual Penta production capacity at its Bruchhausen/Arnsberg plant in Germany by 12.5%.
Specialty chemical provider Clariant announced full-year 2018 sales of CHF 6.623 billion compared to CHF 6.377 billion in 2017. This corresponds to 5% growth in local currency, all of which is organic.
Sudarshan, a provider of pigments headquartered in Pune, India, has started operations at the company's first application development lab outside of India.
Evonik has completed the conceptual and basic engineering phase for building its new polyamide 12 production complex on schedule and has now entered the project implementation phase.