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Specialty chemicals company LANXESS has added a vegan raw material variant to its Aktiplast PP product range, according to a company press release.
INEOS will use UPM BioVerno, a raw material from a renewable residue of wood pulp processing, to produce bio-attributed polyolefins,
Saint-Gobain North America announced it has entered into a 12-year virtual Power Purchase Agreement to help offset its US CO2 emissions.
AZEK, an outdoor living, residential, and commercial building products company completes acquisition of PVC recycling and compounding company.
Clariant will continue to power its BU additives production facility solely with 100% renewable electricity following the site’s pilot switch one year ago.
Saint-Gobain today announces that Continental Building Products obtained shareholder approval to be acquired by Saint-Gobain
Henkel recognized its top suppliers for their best-in-class performance at the 2020 American Cleaning Institute Annual Meeting.
Air Liquide along with Solidia Technologies experts have industrialized Solidia ConcreteTM, which uses CO2 to cure concrete.
The BASF Living Acres Monarch Challenge shipped 20,000 milkweed seedlings to farmers and golf courses across the Midwest in 2019.
Recticel and Covestro have formed a circular economy collaboration toward developing solutions for mattresses sustainability and recycling.
PPG announced an agreement to acquire Industria Chimica Reggiana (ICR) S.p.A., a manufacturer of paints and coatings for the automotive refinish and light industrial coatings industries.
The Freudenberg company, Klüber Lubrication München SE & Co. KG, acquires TRAXIT International GmbH, a wire drawing lubricant manufacturer.
Effective January 1, 2020, Marco Swoboda, Corporate Senior Vice President Finance, will become new Chief Financial Officer of Henkel.
Clariant has agreed to sell its entire Masterbatches business to PolyOne, according to a Clariant press release.
PQ Group Holdings Inc. announced in a company press release that Albert F. Beninati Jr. has joined PQ as President, Performance Chemicals.
Covestro states in a press release that it has concluded the world’s largest ever corporate supply agreement with energy supplier Ørsted for electricity from offshore wind turbines.
INEOS will received recovered polymers from Viridor’s new £65m post-consumer polymers recycling plant at the Avonmouth Resource Recovery Centre, near Bristol for the production of recycled plastics.
Avery Dennison Corporation has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Smartrac’s Transponder (RFID Inlay) Division for €225 million.
AkzoNobel held a groundbreaking to announce its €50 million investment to expand the company’s wood coatings division.
More than 3 billion pounds of carpet were sent to US landfills in 2018, but one company has formed a carpet recycling effort to change that.
Kraton Corporation announced in a press release that it has agreed to sell its Cariflex isoprene rubber business for $530 million.
PPG announced investment in a 2100-square-foot automotive adhesives and sealants lab on the company’s manufacturing and research center.
Dow and Evonik form exclusive technology partnership to use a method for directly synthesizing propylene glycol from propylene and hydrogen.
With the dawn of a new division, Mega Projects Asia, BASF Company Ltd, BASF has made some major personnel changes.
Henkel announced that Carsten Knobel will assume role as CEO on January 1, 2020, as the current CEO Hans Van Bylen is leaving the post.
Covestro announced the winning team of its start-up challenge focuses on improving Li-ion batteries for electromobility.
ExxonMobil extends support in the MIT Energy Initiative’s low-carbon energy research and education mission.
Avery Dennison won the 2019 Future of Sourcing Awards during the Sourcing Industry Group’s Global Executive Summit in Carlsbad, California.
ADNOC, Adani, BASF, and Borealis plan joint feasibility study for establishing a chemical complex in Mundra, Gujarat, India.
Henkel has announced investment in a start-up with patented technology that recycles flexible packaging that contains aluminum foil.
Evonik and Siemens joint research project will use CO2 capture and water with electricity from renewable sources and bacteria to produce chemicals.
Arkema has begun a new production line for ultra-high performance polyamide 12 powders at the Mont plant in France.
BASF announced in a press release that it plans to invest €20 million into Quantafuel, a specialist for pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste and purification of pyrolysis oil.
INEOS announced the completion of the acquisition of the composites business from Ashland Global Holdings Inc.
Arkema has acquired Prochimir, a manufacturer of high-performance adhesive films, and Lambson, a company specializing in photoinitiators for photocure resins,
PPG has announced a 3-year, $275,000 grant to renovate the interactive chemistry laboratory at the National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci in Milan.
Evonik plans to install a new high-efficiency gas and steam turbine power plant at its Marl Germany Chemical Park, according to a company press release.
Thai chemicals company Indorama Ventures has committed $1.5 billion of investment in recycling.
Solvay and BASF have formed an agreement with Domo Chemicals, whereby Domo will acquire some of Solvay’s polyamide assets.
PPG announced that it has reached a definitive agreement with private equity firm Sverica Capital Management LP to acquire Dexmet Corporation.
Henkel Corporation plans to expand operations in Salisbury, NC to the tune of $45 million dollars in new equipment and a series of improvements.
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation announced that a US substance patent for biomass-resource derived aliphatic diols and derivatives has been granted.
INEOS Phenol announced it will build a world scale, state-of-the-art cumene unit in Marl Germany.
A joint venture between Evonik and DSM has commissioned a new production plant to produce omega-3 fatty acids for sustainable salmon farming.
AkzoNobel announced plans to add three new production lines at its Changzhou powder coatings plant in China, which constitutes a €3 million investment.
Evonik plans to increase production capabilities for Polyalkylmethacrylate (PAMA)-based viscosity modifiers to meet rising demand.
H.B. Fuller Company announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its surfactants, thickeners and dispersants business to Tiarco, LLC.
Covestro announced that its current president, Dr. Haakan Jonsson, will also take over as chairman of the board of directors.
Covestro has delivered its first commercial order of polyurethane resin for wind blades to China. The resin may enable longer and stronger blades than traditional materials.