Nouryon has acquired Zhejiang Friend Chemical Co., the largest Chinese producer of triethyl aluminum — a metal alkyl used in the production of high-volume polymers.
Maroon Group LLC has acquired Amsyn LLC, a national distributor of specialty chemicals to the coatings, lubricants, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and electronics industries.
CH-Bioforce, a Finnish start-up founded by wood chemists, has developed a novel approach to fractionating biomass and converting all of its components into high-value material streams.
Arkema announced that, effective Aug. 1, 2019, Brenntag North America Inc. will be the primary distributor in the United States for Arkema waterborne resins sold under the Encor®, Celocor®, Snap® and Neocar® trade names, and that effective Oct. 1, 2019, the company will be consolidating its distribution network in the southern half of the United States for CRAYVALLAC® Additives.
Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. has certified two process residue streams, olefins and saturated heavy methyl esters, produced at its Gresik, Indonesia, bio-refinery as process residue under the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification EU system.
Greif, a global leader in industrial packaging products and services, has made a large-scale investment in a new blow-molding machine at its Casablanca plant in Morocco.