Articles Tagged with ''specialty chemicals''

NACD worked closely with Congress on revisions to TSCA. The association also supported the passage of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act, and remains engaged on its implementation. However, NACD says it has serious concerns about the impact of continued astronomical fee hikes.

Due to supply and demand, OQ Chemicals will increase prices for isononanoic acid effective February 1, 2023, or as contracts allow.

The company will increase production capacity to approximately 600,000 metric tons per year by the middle of the decade to support the ongoing growth of its North American MDI customers.

Arxada is a global specialty chemicals business with a world-class offering in Consumer Microbial Control, Industrial Microbial Control, and Specialty Products Solutions, providing a broad portfolio of differentiated products targeted at a range of end markets, supported by leading regulatory capabilities, IP expertise, and established track record in R&D.

For Elementis and Grolman Group, this agreement represents an extension of a decades-long collaboration. Since 2012, Grolman Group has been the exclusive distributor for the Elementis talc range in more than 25 countries. In 2021, the companies extended this relationship to additives in France, and to the United Kingdom and Ireland in 2022.

El Khatib will focus on the industrial side of NSM, managing domestic purchasing and inventory for its performance chemical lines. While at DePaul University, he did an internship with NAGASE Specialty Materials, where he was hired after graduation.

MacIver brings nearly 30 years of commercial management and supply chain experience to the role. She will operate out of Pilot Chemical’s headquarters in West Chester, Ohio, and will report to CEO Mike Clark.

Sabo is a manufacturer of light stabilizers that relies on TAA derivatives as a raw material. The transaction was announced in mid-October, and the closing took place on December 29, 2022. The company says it is taking this step to focus its portfolio on specialty chemicals.

This is the second consecutive year IVL has received this ranking. Factors that increased the company’s score include its ambition to use 16% bio-based and 10% recycled raw materials (rPET) as feedstock by 2030, and safer green chemistry substitutions to reduce toxicity from raw materials and production processes.

The agreement strengthens Azelis’ portfolio of pigment products in the coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers (CASE), and advanced materials & additives (AM&A) markets in France and Benelux. It includes the pigment portfolio that Sun Chemical acquired from BASF in 2021, and is an expansion of the long-standing partnership between Sun Chemical and Azelis.