Items Tagged with 'specialty chemicals'

Higher selling prices lifted sales and core business earnings, but restructuring expenses, inventory costs and uneven segment performance complicated the quarter.

As ChemQuest marks 50 years, its new CEO and longtime leader discuss succession, global growth and how clients’ needs are changing.

Grand View Research projects 6.5% annual growth for coating additives, with sustainability, infrastructure investment and higher performance expectations helping shape the market outlook.

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.

The specialty chemical producer serves paints, inks, construction and adhesives among its five principal end-market groups.

About 90 employees are affected as operations move to larger facilities amid weak demand, low utilization and competitive pressure.

The specialty minerals supplier promoted a longtime executive to lead the company, which serves paints, industrial coatings and other formulated-material markets.

A newly posted state filing sets Nov. 2 as the start of permanent layoffs at the Toledo facility.

The deal broadens an additives platform with direct relevance to performance coatings and polymers.

The specialty chemicals group improved its sustainability rating by one point and ranked within the top 5% of assessed companies.