Vencorex announced the completion of industrial projects that include the expansion of monomer (HDI and IPDI) capacity in France (Pont de Claix site), a new derivatives unit (Tolonate™) at its Rayong, Thailand, plant, and a new waterborne derivatives (Easaqua™) production chain at its Freeport, Texas, site.
Evonik Resource Efficiency’s Coating & Adhesive Resins Business Line announced a price increase for its DEGALAN® general-purpose grades for paint, coatings and printing inks applications.
RadTech announced that Lisa Fine, of Joules Angstrom UV Printing Inks, is assuming the presidency of RadTech International, the nonprofit for ultraviolet and electron beam technologies, for a two-year term that began January 1, 2017.
EMCO Chemical Distributors Canada Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of EMCO Chemical Distributors Inc., Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, successfully completed the acquisition of Inortech Chimie Inc., Terrebonne, Quebec.
Evonik Industries AG has completed its acquisition of the specialty additives business (Performance Materials Division) of Air Products Inc. for $3.8 billion, and the integration of the acquired business is underway.
“Recent changes in OSHA rules and regulations will affect chemical companies and countless employers of all sizes,” veteran labor and employment attorney Joseph P. Paranac Jr. warned at the Metropolitan New York Coatings Association (MNYCA) Fall Technical Forum.
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