As of January 1, 2017, Ferro and Simon & Werner GmbH have extended their current distribution partnership in Germany for pigments used in coatings, construction, plastics, cosmetics and other industrial markets.

The Munich-based WACKER Group has expanded its production capacity for functional silicone fluids at its Burghausen, Germany, site.

Evonik is strengthening its technology platform for specialty silicones with a global investment initiative.

AkzoNobel has announced its intention to divest its decorative paints stores for professionals in Germany to independent wholesale distributors.

Eyeglasses need never again to be cleaned, and dirty windscreens are a thing of the past. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany, and the Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany, are now much closer to achieving this goal.