Industry analyst firm n-tech Research has released a new report titled Markets for Self-Healing Materials: 2015-2022. According to the report, self-healing materials (reversible polymers, inorganic capsule and vascular systems, biomaterials, relevant shape memory materials and other self-healing coatings) will grow to around $2.7 billion by 2020.
TRADEBE announced an expansion at the company’s facility in East Chicago, IN. Due to growing demands of the industrial waste market, TRADEBE has designed and built “SDS2,” which is an additional Solids Distillation System, (SDS).
VELOX announced a partnership with the Dutch company ADDAPT Chemicals BV in which VELOX will be distributing ADDAPT’s environmentally friendly additives especially produced for a wide variety of mainly water-based systems.
Producers of surfactants and hard-surface cleaners around the world now have access to a major new supply of a highly cost-effective raw material, 2-propyl heptanol (2-PH).
The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) has recognized Michelman with a “Deal Maker of the Year” award for its successful growth initiatives over the past two years.
The global chemical company Oxea is extending its reach for the company’s carboxylic acids portfolio in Northern Europe by enlisting the services of IMCD, a Dutch chemical distributor.
AkzoNobel has announced plans to invest more than €30 million in a manufacturing facility in Thailand to support regional growth of its Performance Coatings business.