Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC) has expanded its corporate headquarters in Jonesboro, AR, with the recent opening of a 13,600-square-foot office facility for sales and administrative staff.
McCullough & Associates, Atlanta, announced the addition of PANTAI USA’s high-quality titanium dioxide supply solutions to its industrial line of products.
Ashland Specialty Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., has completed a 13,000-square-foot expansion of its Macon, GA, facility and moved its Nuosept™ biocides production line to the new space.
HORN, a North American distributor of specialty ingredients, chemicals and raw materials, earned top honors after being named the 2013 BASF Kaolin Distributor of the Year.
Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division announced that it has partnered with Koch Equity Development LLC, a subsidiary of Koch Industries Inc., to acquire shares representing 100% of Flint Group’s share capital from funds advised by private equity firm CVC Capital Partners.
Specialty chemicals company Clariant and Ashland Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement to sell their joint venture, ASK Chemicals headquartered in Hilden, Germany, to investment funds affiliated with Rhône, a London and New York-based private equity investment firm.
Wacker Chemie AG ended 2013 with lower sales and earnings compared to 2012. When presenting its 2013 annual report on March 18, the Munich-based chemical company announced that group sales totaled €4.48 billion, some 3% down on 2012 (€4.63 billion).
The Dow Chemical Co.’s joint-venture membrane chlor-alkali facility, with Mitsui & Co. Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan (Mitsui), has successfully initiated full-scale, commercial production.