Michelman has acquired Ecronova Polymer GmbH, Recklinghausen, Germany, a manufacturer of water-based polymers used in the production of paints and lacquers.
OMNOVA Solutions’ Specialty Chemicals business announced a price increase of $0.15 per dry pound for all styrene butadiene emulsion polymers produced in the United States and $0.04 per wet pound for all acrylic, styrene acrylic, vinyl acrylic, and vinyl acetate emulsion polymers.