Ashland Aqualon Functional Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., recently began construction on a new nonionic synthetic thickener manufacturing facility in Alizay, France.
The Dow Chemical Co. and the Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) are planning a joint venture, Sadara Chemical Co., to build and operate a world-scale, fully integrated chemicals complex in Jubail Industrial City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
AkzoNobel has announced its intention to acquire coatings manufacturer Schramm Holding AG and the coatings activities operated by Schramm’s largest shareholder, Korean company SSCP.
Lonza Group Ltd. and Arch Chemicals Inc. have signed an agreement in which Lonza will buy 100 percent of Arch Chemicals’ outstanding shares of common stock.
Emerald Kalama Chemical, a division of Emerald Performance Materials, has completed the first of several planned phases of its technical expansion focused on its K-FLEX® non-phthalate plasticizers and coalescents.
Lubrizol Performance Coatings, a business division of The Lubrizol Corp., has earned the Ringier Technology Innovation Award in China for the development of its one-component, self-crosslinking polyurethane dispersion technology for wood coatings.
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