OMNOVA Solutions’ Specialty Chemicals business announced a price increase of up to $0.08 per wet pound for all acrylic, styrene acrylic and vinyl acrylic emulsion polymers.
A new market study reports that the need for emulsion polymers is mainly triggered by growing demand from the coatings industry and the adhesives market, and the Asia-Pacific region dominates the global market.
A workshop on the scale-up and commercial production of emulsion polymers is being offered March 3-6, 2014, at the MicroTek Training Center in San Francisco.
Celanese, a global technology and specialty materials company, is simplifying its brand architecture by launching a unified brand that represents the company’s multiple businesses and capabilities.
OMNOVA Solutions announced an investment to repurpose, or redirect, excess styrene butadiene (SB) latex capacity at its plant in Mogadore, OH, to the production of styrene acrylic and other specialty emulsion polymer chemistries.
BASF announced plans to expand manufacturing capabilities for products marketed under the Joncryl® trade name at plants located in Wyandotte, MI, and Monaca, PA.
OMNOVA Solutions’ Specialty Chemicals business announced a price increase of up to $0.08 per dry pound for all styrene butadiene emulsion polymers produced in the United States and up to $0.10 per wet pound for all acrylic and styrene acrylic emulsion polymers.
