Specialty chemicals company Clariant announced first-quarter 2016 sales from continuing operations of CHF 1.478 billion compared to CHF 1.465 billion in the first quarter of 2015. This corresponds to an increase of 3 percent in local currencies.
Axalta Coating Systems has endowed the Axalta Coating Systems Chair in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University.
AkzoNobel and agro-industrial cooperative Royal Cosun have formed a new partnership to develop novel products from cellulose side streams resulting from sugar beet processing.
PPG has expanded development and technical service capabilities for aerospace and military coatings at its Shildon, England, facility with a $2 million investment supporting installation of advanced-technology equipment for evaluating paint characteristics.
Emerald Performance Materials LLC has reached an agreement to sell its Emerald Specialties and Polymer Additives and Nitriles business groups to DyStar LP.
Evonik Industries AG is acquiring the Specialty & Coating Additives business (Performance Materials Division) of Air Products and Chemicals Inc. for $3.8 billion, strengthening its position in the specialty and coating additives market.
After the acquisition of Nubiola by Ferro Corp., the Nubiola Pigment Applications Team implemented a Chemistry Internship Program with Georgia Gwinnett College’s School of Science and Technology.