Articles Tagged with ''chemical companies''

Pilot Chemical Co. announced an expansion of its leadership team.

Evonik Industries AG has completed its acquisition of the specialty additives business (Performance Materials Division) of Air Products Inc. for $3.8 billion, and the integration of the acquired business is underway.

Hexion Inc. announced plans to build a new European technology center in Kamp-Lintfort, Germany.

Huntsman Corp. has completed the sale of its European surfactants business to Innospec Inc. for an enterprise value of $225 million.

Pilot Chemical Co. announced that Derek Houck has been named Chief Financial Officer, effective January 3, 2017.

BASF announced that on April 1, 2017, Hartwig Michels, President, Regional Division Europe, Ludwigshafen, will take over as President, Petrochemicals, Ludwigshafen.

Wacker Chemie AG officially started up its new pilot reactor for vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions at its Nanjing site (Jiangsu province) in China.

OMNOVA Solutions Inc. announced that it is moving forward with its CEO succession process, and Kevin M. McMullen is stepping down as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, and as a member of the board of directors, effective December 1, 2016, to pursue other interests.

Due to the October 17 fire, which took place at the North Harbor at BASF SE in Ludwigshafen, Germany, BASF announced it has to declare force majeure.

Specialty chemicals company Clariant announced sales for the first nine months of 2016 at CHF 4,299 billion compared to CHF 4,281 billion in 2015.