IMCD has taken over Japanese specialty distribution company Kuni Chemical for an undisclosed sum. Kuni specializes in industrial applications that range from coatings and...
02.04.2018
- Following the founding of Asahi Kasei Europe (AKEU), based in Düsseldorf, Germany, and the opening of a European R&D center in Dormagen, Germany, the Japanese chemical company has...
04.01.2018
- US chemicals and plastics producer Celanese is acquiring custom compounder Omni Plastics for an undisclosed sum. The subsidiaries of the Evansville, Indiana-based compounder...
10.10.2017
- Solvay has announced plans to expand production capacity for sulfone polymers in India and the US to meet growing demand, primarily from the healthcare and water-treatment...
25.09.2017
- SABIC has inaugurated a new polypropylene (PP) pilot plant at Geleen, the Netherlands, and at the same time announced a new investment in a state-of-the-art PP extrusion facility...
24.08.2017
- Japan’s Toray Industries has announced plans to build a polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) compound plant at the Hungarian site of its US subsidiary, Zoltek Companies, which makes carbon...
29.06.2017
- In a two-step transaction, internationally active German chemical distributor Brenntag plans to acquire all of the shares in specialty chemical distributor Wellstar Enterprises...
21.06.2017
- Danish catalysis and process technology company Haldor Topsoe has sold its automotive and stationary DeNox operations to Belgian materials technology and recycling group Umicore...
