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The specialty chemicals company has successfully started up a new world-scale facility for the production of chlorine in Tarragona, Spain.

This second agreement now adds a further 50 MW to Evonik's purchase of 100 megawatts last year.

This covers Elementis’ range of rheological additives, wetting and dispersing agents, and specialty additives for the coatings, adhesives, sealants, inks, and building and construction industries.

SAFIC-ALCAN will distribute Scott Bader’s acrylic polymers and inverse emulsions for paints, coatings, inks, adhesives, construction, and other industrial formulations except textiles.

OQ Chemicals will increase prices for the following products effective February 15, 2023, or as contracts allow.

The thickeners are supplied as flakes that do not tend to form dust, and yet are easy to incorporate into the millbase or into the letdown as well as a solution into the formulation.

Teknos developed hygienic coatings for use in public spaces where there is a lot of movement, and infections spread easily. Study results confirm that these coatings are both safe and effective.

Coatings additives supplier BYK has completed the expansion of its Shanghai integrated site, its second production facility in China following BYK Tongling. The site is designed for an annual capacity of 4,750 tons. 

The new light-grey primer provides stable surface resistivity, strongly improving the adhesion between primer and base/clear coat on TPO car parts. A colloidal suspension of powder in water can be sprayed with standard liquid equipment devices while performing like a powder coating. 

One metals technology company is commercializing innovative titanium mineral-enrichment technologies that upgrade ilmenite minerals into a high-grade TiO2 synthetic rutile product, with fewer carbon emissions than current industry processes.