Arkema recently announced an investment in the construction of a brand new powder coating resins lab in Cary, North Carolina, the company’s headquarters for coating resins.
Clariant has unveiled its new Vita 100% bio-based surfactants and polyethylene glycols (PEGs) to help directly address climate change by helping remove fossil carbon from the value chain.
Hexion Holdings Corp. has completed the sale of its epoxy-based Coatings and Composite businesses, which includes the epoxy specialty resins and base epoxy resins and intermediates product lines (together, the Epoxy Business), for approximately $1.2 billion to Westlake Chemical Corp.
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS and Matrìca, a joint venture between Versalis (Eni) and Novamont, have partnered to produce sustainable biocide preservatives from renewable raw materials.
BASF recently announced that the company is modernizing its facilities for the production of chloroformates and acid chlorides at its Ludwigshafen Verbund site.
H.B. Fuller Co. announced that it has finalized its purchase of Apollo, an independent manufacturer of liquid adhesives, coatings and primers for the roofing, industrial and construction markets in the UK.
Vertellus announced it has acquired Polyscope Polymers B.V., a global leader in specialty additives for coatings, electronics applications and engineering polymers.
Material manufacturer Covestro and biotechnology pioneer Genomatica have teamed up to successfully produce significant volumes of a plant-based version of the chemical raw material HMDA (hexamethylenediamine).
Axalta announced its commitment to an absolute reduction of 50% of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030, on its way to becoming carbon neutral in its operations by 2040.
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