Effective August 1, 2015, the U.S. legal entity Rhein Chemie Corp. has merged into its parent LANXESS Corp. as the business unit Rhein Chemie Additives.
JNS Smithchem LLC has been appointed the distributor for Invotec LLC and its corrosion-inhibiting pigments, flash rust inhibitors, flame retardants, smoke suppressors and phosphating catalysts.
BYK Additives & Instruments has concluded an exclusive agreement with the Spanish technology research center ITENE of Valencia on the production and marketing of new clay-based additives for the packaging industry.