The Pigments division of Huntsman Corp. has won the 2011 EDF Low Carbon Award, one of 12 prestigious awards made annually by the Chemical Industry Association (CIA), for its pioneering work to measure and reduce energy consumption and the carbon footprint at its titanium dioxide (TiO2) manufacturing facility at Greatham in the northeast of England.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a regulatory procedure requiring companies to report new uses of chemicals known as glymes in consumer products.
Lonza Group Ltd., a leading supplier to the pharmaceutical, healthcare and life science industries, and Arch Chemicals Inc., a global biocides company, have signed an agreement in which Lonza will buy 100 percent of Arch Chemicals’ outstanding shares of common stock at a price of $47.20 per share in cash, an enterprise value of $1.4 billion.
Ecology Coatings Inc. has added and upgraded testing and application development equipment in its Akron, Ohio-based laboratory and has hired additional industry sales and product development personnel.
Evonik is donating $50,000 to the American Red Cross Greater Ozarks Chapter to aid those residents impacted by the tornado that devastated the Joplin, MO, area on May 22.
According to a new report from Pike Research, the market for green chemistry represents an opportunity that will grow from $2.8 billion in 2011 to $98.5 billion by 2020.
AkzoNobel has boosted its technology portfolio in sustainable chemistry after agreeing to acquire from Integrated Botanical Technologies (IBT) its patented Zeta Fraction™ technology, which is transforming how plant-based chemistry is used.
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