Specialty chemicals company Perstorp has acquired the pentaerythritol, penta and calcium formate businesses from Chemko a.s. Strážske, a chemicals producer in Slovakia.
In order to meet growing customer demand, Oxea is planning to increase its European capacity for Oxsoft GPO (dioctyl terephthalate - DOTP) by 50,000 metric tons by the fourth quarter of 2015.
Following an announcement in June 2013, AkzoNobel has agreed to sell 67 of its 72 German decorative paints stores to five independent wholesale distributors.
AkzoNobel announced plans to optimize the manufacturing footprint of its coil coatings sites in Europe and Russia by concentrating production at three strategic sites.
Emerald Specialties, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, has appointed SiWax Group, based in Milan, Italy, and Madrid, Spain, to become the exclusive distributor for its line of Carnapol™ synthetic waxes in Europe.
