The Basic Chemicals Business Unit of LANXESS Corp, located in Baytown, TX, has received a Gold Performance Improvement award for accomplishments in maintaining strong environmental, health, safety and security (EHS&S) efforts.
Bayer MaterialScience has sold a part of its unsaturated polyester resins business to the Italian company Veneziani S.p.A. The products involved in the transaction are used primarily for the formulation of wood finishes, thus divesting Bayer MaterialScience of selected product grades that no longer fit in with its overall long-term portfolio.
BYK-Chemie GmbH has a new production location in Germany. BYK will be taking over the company grounds, plant and staff at the Kempen location (Lower Rhine) from the ALTANA subsidiary ELANTAS.
Air Products has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its interest in its vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE) polymers joint ventures to Wacker Chemie AG, its long-time joint venture partner.
With an eye to expanding its share of the North American coatings market, Benjamin Moore & Co. has announced its intent to purchase select assets and brands of Insl-x Products Corp., a coatings manufacturer based in Stony Point, NY.
Huron Capital Partners LLC, Detroit, MI, has announced that, through its portfolio company, Quest Specialty Chemicals Inc. (Quest), it has acquired Hydro-Stop Inc.
Basell AF and Lyondell Chemical Co. have completed their merger, creating LyondellBasell Industries, the world’s third-largest independent chemical company.
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