19.05.2016
- AkzoNobel has completed the first phase of the €2.5 million expansion of its performance coatings plant in Cikarang, Indonesia. The Dutch company said the expansion will increase...
06.05.2016
- Maroon Group has acquired U.S. Chemicals, a specialty chemicals distributor based in Darien, Connecticut, USA, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 1960, family-owned U.S. Chemicals...
06.05.2016
- AkzoNobel has formed a partnership with agro-industrial cooperative Royal Cosun to develop novel products from cellulose side streams generated from sugar beet processing. The...
21.04.2016
- BASF has signed an agreement to buy the assets of Guangdong Yinfan Chemistry Co. Ltd, a Chinese company that specializes in automotive refinish coatings. The deal gives BASF access...
22.03.2016
- Safic-Alcan, an international distributor of specialty chemicals, has reorganized its management, effective February 1st. 2016. Philippe Combette has been appointed CEO. In this...
24.02.2016
- GFBiochemicals, an Italian producer of levulinic acid, has purchased the assets and intellectual property of Segetis, a US-based producer of levulinic acid derivatives, for an...
12.02.2016
- Growing demand has spurred German specialty chemicals company Evonik to expand capacity for polyamide 12 (PA12) powders at its Marl site. The additional production line will raise...
12.02.2016
- Akzo Nobel and BASF are in talks about a sale of the German conglomerate’s industrial coatings business to the Dutch paints and coatings specialist. The two chemical players have...
