The province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands, TNO (Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research), ECN (Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands) and the Flemish VITO are jointly investing €10 million in the development of bio-aromatics, sustainable raw materials for the chemical industry.
BASF and SINOPEC will expand the production capacity of neopentylglycol at the Verbund site, BASF-YPC Co. Ltd., a 50-50 joint venture in Nanjing, China.
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals has signed an agreement that will see its Deventer site in the Netherlands transformed into a chemistry and technology innovation hub.
Specialty Polymers Inc. has signed an agreement with Jose Olivieri of Olivieri & Associates to be the company's new sales agent in Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and the Caribbean.