MUNICH, Germany - Wacker Chemie AG has revised upward its sales and earnings forecast for full-year 2010 after a strong third quarter. July-to-September sales at the Munich-based chemical group climbed
Bayer MaterialScience LLC has appointed Volker
Mirgel, Sharon Feng and John Brandt to its Coatings, Adhesives and Specialties
(CAS) leadership team in the NAFTA region.
ULSAN, Korea – Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd., Ulsan, Korea, has announced two new joint ventures, one with Tangshan Baifu Chemical Co. Ltd., Tangshan, China, and one with HPL Additives Ltd.
ANTWERP, Belgium - Azelis, a leading pan-European distributor of specialty chemicals based in Antwerp, Belgium, announced the acquisition of YDS Chemicals NV, a Belgian-based distributor of specialty ingredients. YDS Chemicals
Dow Advanced Materials, a division of The Dow Chemical Co., has broken ground on a new manufacturing facility in Dong Nai Province in southern Vietnam for the production of acrylic and styrene-acrylic polymers used in the paint, coatings, construction, packaging, home and personal care industries.
Demand for BASF’s products continued to be high in the third quarter of 2010. The company reported that there was hardly any sign of the usual seasonal slowdown and the capacity utilization rate was high.
Evonik Cyro LLC has donated $3,300 to the Junior Auxiliary of Osceola, a nonprofit organization that serves the needs of the area’s children through service and educational projects.
ULSAN, Korea – Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd. announced the expansion of its antioxidants capacity from 55,000 tons to 70,000 tons. The expanded capacity will be on stream as of August