AkzoNobel in the UK has officially opened a trailblazing lab complex that can test new products in conditions that mimic the world's most extreme environments. Located in the company’s Felling site, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, the €12.6 million R&D innovation campus fuses the site's 115-year history of product development with state-of-the-art facilities.
In an effort to ensure optimal and sustainable screening equipment processes and productivity, Midwestern Industries Inc., Massillon, Ohio, has expanded its advanced, full-scale screening test facility capabilities for customers.
Azelis, a leading distributor of specialty chemicals and food ingredients, has acquired Chemroy, a Canadian distributor of specialty chemicals and food ingredients.
Siegwerk is cooperating with CEFLEX, a collaborative European consortium of companies and associations representing the entire value chain of flexible packaging, to develop advanced flexible packaging solutions for a circular economy.
The bio-based solvent Cyrene®, made from cellulose and produced by biotechnology company Circa Group, has been found to outperform traditional solvents in the production and dispersion of graphene.