The production of key raw materials for Perstorp’s general-purpose PVC plasticizers, valeraldehyde and 2-propylheptanol, and associated chemicals at a major extension to the company’s main plant in Stenugsund, Sweden, has started up on time.
Bayer announced on September 18 that it plans to focus entirely on the Life Science businesses - HealthCare and CropScience - and float MaterialScience on the stock market as a separate company.
The LANXESS High Performance Elastomers unit has transferred its distribution business in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to KRAHN CHEMIE Polska.