Axalta Coating Systems has appointed Ocean Vietnam International Trading Co. Ltd. as its distributor for Alesta® powder coatings products in Vietnam to support the company’s growth strategy in the ASEAN market.
Solvay and Nexeo Solutions Inc. announced that effective March 1, 2017, Nexeo Solutions will be the channel-to-market for the Rhodoline® Defoamer product line in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
The Business Intelligence Group (BIG) recently named Dow Coating Materials, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Co., a winner of its 2017 Innovation Awards for PARALOID™ Edge Technology.
Specialty chemicals company Clariant announced an expanded partnership with Lintech International LLC for the Plastics and Rubber Pigment product lines in North America.
Innovative Chemical Products (ICP Group) announced the acquisition of MinusNine Technologies, a formulator and manufacturer of UV/EB coatings, adhesives, primers and specialty products for graphic arts and industrial applications.
In conjunction with the Institute for Materials and Wood Technology at the Bern University of Applied Sciences, AVALON Industries is launching a research project to replace formaldehyde in phenol-formaldehyde (PF) resins with biobased, nontoxic platform chemical 5-HMF (5-hydroxymethylfurfural).
The ChemQuest Group Inc. and Plasmatreat North America have entered into an agreement to supply plasma surface conditioning equipment to support clients of the ChemQuest Technology Institute in South Boston, Virginia.