Suppliers News
August 21, 2012
BASF said it will modernize and service its acetylene facility at the Ludwigshafen Verbund site. In the course of these efforts the company will also perform routine maintenance at its facility producing 1,4-butanediol (BDO), which is based on acetyl…
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August 21, 2012
Emery Oleochemicals celebrated the groundbreaking of its Loxstedt manufacturing facility expansion and construction of the Technical Development Center (TDC). Valued at an estimated €20 million (US$25million), it is billed as the company's l…
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August 20, 2012
Heraeus Noblelight has established a new UV LED curing testing facility.
“With the increasing popularity of UV LEDs in the curing of inks, coatings and adhesives, we determined that formulators, OEMs and end users have a need to evaluate cure…
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August 16, 2012
Invista Specialty Materials is investing several million dollars at its two Terate aromatic polyester polyols manufacturing sites located in Wilmington, N.C., and Vlissingen, Netherlands. These investments involve upgrades to boost global production…
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August 15, 2012
Evonik Industries’ Catalysts Business Line has recently formed an agreement with U.S. based BioAmber Inc. on a long term cooperation for the development and manufacturing of catalysts for making BDO (1,4- butanediol), THF (tetrahydrofurane) and…
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August 15, 2012
Toyo Engineering India Limited, an Indian subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract (EPC) to build a new multi-business chemical production site for BASF India Limited part of BA…
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August 15, 2012
Elementis plc announced that it has agreed, through its wholly owned subsidiary Elementis Holdings Limited, to purchase Watercryl Quimica Ltda, a Brazilian coatings additives company, for a cash consideration of $24 million.
Watercryl was establishe…
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August 15, 2012
Bluestar Silicones, a global integrated silicones manufacturer, held a grand opening for its new plant and R&D center in York, South Carolina. The multi-million-dollar investment is the centerpiece of Bluestar Silicones’ strategic growth pl…
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August 15, 2012
Evonik Industries will begin construction of production plants for the manufacture of isophorone and isophorone diamine in the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP), China. The group is investing more than €100 million in the plants, which are…
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August 2, 2012
Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC, have closed the acquisition of Benda-Lutz Werke GmbH, a leading manufacturer of metallic effect products based in Austria. The acquisition allows Sun Chemical and DIC to purchase 100 percent of the shares, as…
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July 19, 2012
Arkema announced a project for the acquisition of an additives and emulsions production site from Brazilian Group Resicryl. The project illustrates the group's commitment to speeding up its development in Latin America around high added value pro…
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July 16, 2012
Regenerative, biodegradable, wax-like properties, and versatility—these were the key aspects that fundamentally convinced the team of jurors of the innovative strength of Ceraflour 1000. The BYK additive is formed with the aid of bacteria. It o…
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July 12, 2012
Wacker Chemie AG bestowed this year’s Alexander Wacker Innovation Award on Christian Daniels, John Boylan and Bruce Gruber. The Wacker researchers have developed two novel dispersions based on vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymers. These kinds of d…
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July 12, 2012
Heubach officially opened a new production plant for pigment preparations in Langelsheim, Germany. The building comprises a total area of 2,300 square meters. On an area of 1,500 square meters, universal and water-based colorants will be produced wit…
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July 6, 2012
Nanoledge, a Telesystem portfolio company, has sold its high performance resin business to Telesystem's Nanoledge sells its high performance resin business to Axson, a formulator of high performance polymers.
Nanoledge is a startup focused on th…
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