Swiss-based specialty chemicals company Clariant strengthened its presence in Asia with the opening of its new regional headquarters for Southeast Asia and the Pacific and its new Global Textile Chemicals headquarters, both located in Singapore.
Perstorp and PTT Global Chemical announced plans to launch a joint venture dedicated to the manufacturing and sales of aromatic (TDI) and aliphatic (IPDI, HDI and derivates) isocyanates serving the polyurethane industry.
AkzoNobel has announced its intention to invest EUR 45 million in a new dicumyl peroxide (DCP) plant at its Ningbo multi-site in China to meet growing local, regional and global demand.
PPG Industries’ aerospace business has donated coatings used to repaint a B-26G Marauder bomber airplane now on display at the D-Day Museum at Utah Beach in Normandy, France.
Environmental regulators, scientific researchers and residents of industrialized areas share a common interest: they all want to address the health and environmental impacts of pollution. But these groups often talk past one another, in part because they differ in their approaches to understanding the effects of pollution on community members' health and quality of life.