Articles Tagged with ''raw materials''

An explosion and fire that broke out March 31, 2012, at Evonik’s CDT plant on the grounds of the Marl Chemicals Park, Marl, Germany, killed two Evonik employees and threatens to disrupt the supply of CDT-based products.

Jan Paul van der Velde, Senior Vice President of Procurement, Flint Group, has provided industry insight into expected raw material cost developments in 2012.

Oxea will increase list and off-list prices on certain carboxylic acids and polypols effective April 1, 2012, or as contracts allow.

On April 1, 2012, exactly one year after its initial launch, Kyowa Hakko Chemical Americas Inc. will be renamed KH Neochem Americas Inc.

Oxea is increasing list and off-list prices on carboxylic acids effective March 1, 2012, or as contracts allow.

Due to rising feedstock costs, EPS is increasing pricing for all acrylic and solution acrylic products and solvent-based products.

At a ceremony in Grenoble, France, specialty chemicals company Perstorp and PTT Global Chemical signed an agreement forming a joint venture dedicated to the manufacturing and sales of aromatic (TDI) and aliphatic (IPDI, HDI and derivates) isocyanates.

According to a soon-to-be released study by the consulting firm Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, in 2011, U.S. consumption of coatings is projected to be 1.4 million gallons, containing 7.8 billion pounds of solids, worth $23 billion. 

Two of Tikkurila's interior paints, Joker and Remontti-Ässä, were granted the Swan label on November 7, 2011.