Evonik Industries has acquired the remaining 50 percent of shares in its former carbon black joint venture, Degussa Engineered Carbons (DEC), from ECI.
The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow) announced that it has completed the acquisition of Edulan A/S, an independent polyurethane systems house specializing in rigid foam and elastomer formulation technologies.
Ceresana Research has just completed an analysis of the global pigments market, reporting that the worldwide market for inorganic, organic and special pigments had a total volume of around 7.4 million tons in 2006.