SI Group has renewed its partnership with Brenntag for the distribution of its plastics solutions products and expanded the scope of the partnership to include SI Group’s chemical intermediates and coatings resins in Europe, Middle East, and Africa.
A leader in sustainable resins for industrial coatings, allnex recently announced the construction of a new R&D center in Werndorf, Austria, and a significant manufacturing investment in waterborne technologies.
Jurgen Van Holen, UV cure expert, has received the Open Innovation award from Hexion’s epoxy business after submitting the winning proposal as part of Hexion’s “Create the Future with Lower Yellowing, Renewable Resins and Raw Materials” innovation challenge.
IGM Resins recently confirmed it will continue to supply its photoinitiators to the UV industry through its increasingly China-independent manufacturing site in Mortara, Italy.
Nouryon recently announced it has started production at a new manufacturing facility located at its site in Ningbo, China, to meet increasing demand in the Asia region for polymers used in the packaging, paints and coatings, and construction industries.
BASF and Sanyo Chemical Industries Ltd. (Sanyo Chemical) recently signed a memorandum of understanding for strategic collaboration of polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) development.
