In order to strengthen its position in aliphatic isocyanates, Vencorex is extending its global footprint by establishing Vencorex BRAZIL (Vencorex Brasil Indústria e Comercio de Produtos Quimicos Ltda), São Paulo, Brazil.
Representing a new chapter in the company’s history in the Delaware Valley, The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow), Midland, MI, inaugurated a new Northeast Technology Center (NTC) in Collegeville, PA.
Airblast AFC has just completed work on a $1.4 million project for a large Ohio-based rail group that repairs, sells, manages and leases a fleet of almost 23,000 various types of railcars and locomotives.
Specialty chemicals company Clariant International Ltd. and Wilmar International Limited, a leading Asian agribusiness group, have received the relevant merger clearances for the establishment of a 50-50 joint venture called The Global Amines Co., which is now in operation.
Axalta Coating Systems (formerly DuPont Performance Coatings) will invest over $50 million to construct a new facility to manufacture and supply up to 25,000 metric tons of paint to automobile manufacturers that are expanding into south and central China.