Perstorp is investing in extended capacity for polyalcohol neopentyl glycol by establishing production at the group’s manufacturing site in Zibo, China.
DSM Advanced Surfaces has signed license and supply agreements with Interfloat Corp., a solar glass producer, opening the way for Interfloat to start producing cover glass for solar modules coated with KhepriCoat™, a high-transmission/anti-reflective coating from DSM Advanced Surfaces.
BASF is planning to invest in a dispersions plant in Durban, South Africa. The new plant will produce acrylic dispersions mainly for the coatings and construction industries.
Momentive Performance Materials Inc. and Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industrial Group, a provider of agricultural chemicals and organic silicon products, announced the planned expansion of manufacturing capacity by their joint-venture company, Zhejiang Xinan Momentive Performance Materials Co. Ltd.
Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. and PCCR USA Inc. have signed a definitive agreement for Momentive to sell its North American composites and coating resins business.
Ashland Inc. has closed the sale of its global distribution business, known as Ashland Distribution, to Nexeo Solutions LLC, an affiliate of TPG Capital.