Huntsman Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its chemical intermediates businesses and its surfactants businesses to Indorama Ventures in a transaction valued at $2.076 billion.
Nouryon has acquired Zhejiang Friend Chemical Co., the largest Chinese producer of triethyl aluminum — a metal alkyl used in the production of high-volume polymers.
Fresh off the completion of an upgrade of its Pasadena, Texas, plant, MFG Chemical announced another significant investment to upgrade safety and efficiency of production operations at all three of its Dalton, Georgia, manufacturing plants.
Michelman announced that the company's President and CEO Steve Shifman has been elected Board Chair of the United Way of Greater Cincinnati effective June 21, 2019.
Pilot Chemical Co. debuted its new corporate headquarters in West Chester Township, Ohio, on June 26 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by company executives, employees, and local community and business leaders.
Specialty chemicals company Clariant announced first-quarter 2019 sales of CHF 1.715 billion compared to CHF 1.722 billion in the first quarter of 2018. This corresponds to a 2% organic growth in local currency.
