The specialty chemicals company LANXESS announced plans to acquire U.S.-based Chemtura Corp., a provider of flame retardant and lubricant additives, in a deal valued at approximately $2.7 billion.
UK-based plastics manufacturer Aquapak Polymers is looking for paint companies to try out a new sustainable flexible packaging concept that is 100% recyclable and fully biodegradable.
The Fire Retardant Additives (FRA) business unit of the Huber Engineered Materials division of J.M. Huber Corp. (Huber) announced a 10% capacity expansion of its Martinal® fine precipitated alumina trihydrate production at its newly acquired Martinswerk Plant in Bergheim, Germany.
The Chemours Co., Wilmington, Delaware, formally inaugurated its new titanium dioxide (TiO2) production line at its Altamira plant in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
Keystone Aniline Corp. has acquired Colour Synthesis Solutions Ltd. (CSS) of Manchester, UK, a provider of colored fine chemicals, non-colored fine chemicals and bespoke chemistry services.
PPG officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the PPG coatings research center in Marly, France, to open a new laboratory and inaugurate an electrocoat (e-coat) aerospace primer pilot operation.