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A potential sale of AkzoNobel’s vehicle-refinish business could help the proposed $25 billion merger secure EU approval, according to Reuters.

Reuters reports BASF could improve its rejected €10.3 billion approach, but no revised proposal has been made and Evonik says talks are not underway.

Greatham can now manufacture all TIOXIDE and DELTIO pigment grades, with a second production line on track to restart in early 2027.

The updated adhesion-promotion system eliminates a downstream rinse and is designed for compact metal pretreatment lines and chrome-free conversions.

The new Carling purification unit is designed to cut process energy use 25% and site carbon intensity 20% while supplying monomers for coatings and adhesives.

The initial five-year recommendation follows a 299% year-over-year increase in May imports and would combine percentage and minimum-per-kilogram duties.

The acrylic acid and esters producer joins Mutares’ chemicals portfolio, transferring ownership of a business with approximately €110 million in annual revenue.

The segment posted 10.2% sales growth and 18.2% adjusted EBITDA growth as RPM reset its full-year expectations amid raw-material inflation.

The transaction gives PyroGenesis equal ownership of a company commercializing a plasma process designed to produce fumed silica directly from quartz.

The company has grown from an 1876 gold-beating workshop into an international supplier of metallic and pearlescent pigments for coatings and other markets.