Arkema announced that, effective Aug. 1, 2019, Brenntag North America Inc. will be the primary distributor in the United States for Arkema waterborne resins sold under the Encor®, Celocor®, Snap® and Neocar® trade names, and that effective Oct. 1, 2019, the company will be consolidating its distribution network in the southern half of the United States for CRAYVALLAC® Additives.
OCSiAl, a producer of graphene nanotubes, announced a licensing agreement with Brazilian company Skintech for production of OCSiAl's TUBALL Matrix product.
Two new BYK additives, which have been developed primarily for the printing inks and inkjet inks segment, have won a Ringier Technology Innovation Award.
According to a report published by Research Cosmos, the global coatings additives market was $6.39 billion in 2015 and is likely to reach $9.19 billion by 2021.
The Coating Additives business line of Evonik has extended its existing partnership with Safic-Alcan, an international specialty chemicals distributor.