09.04.2015
- Italy's Versalis and South Korea's Lotte Chemical have extended their elastomers collaboration to include styrene-isoprene-styrene and styrene-butadiene-styrene (SIS/SBS) product...
02.04.2015
- US-based PPG Industries has completed the acquisition of Revocoat from the Axson Group. Financial details were not disclosed. Headquartered in France, Revocoat is a global supplier...
10.02.2015
- Arkema has completed its acquisition of adhesives producer Bostik for an undisclosed sum. The US company with annual sales of just over €1.5 billion and nearly 5,000 employees...
05.02.2015
- DSM is investing an undisclosed "substantial" sum to upgrade its production facilities for waterborne resins for inks and coatings at Wilmington, Massachusetts in the US. The Dutch...
05.10.2014
- Vehicle manufacturers have set some ambitious targets to significantly reduce carbon emissions to 95g CO2/km on the sale of all new cars by 2020. Laurent Pourcheron, Marketing...
30.09.2014
- Huntsman has signed a 12-month agreement with Swiss distributor Distona covering distribution of its "Suprasec" MDI products in Switzerland. The contract covers applications in...
24.09.2014
- French chemical producer Arkema has offered to acquire German adhesives manufacturer Bostik from its former parent company, oil and petrochemicals major Total. Arkema did not say...
02.09.2014
- What have sustainability and social responsibility to do with the financial performance of a materials company and the value it creates for its shareholders? A conversation with...
