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Birla Carbon Completes 25 Years of Operations in Hungary
Birla Carbon completed 25 years of operations in Hungary on March 21, 2019. Birla Carbon commemorated the anniversary with a celebration at the plant in Northern Hungary. "As the world's leading carbon black producer, we are pro…03.25.19
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Evonik Extends Cooperation with Safic-Alcan for Coatings Applications in Europe
The Coating Additives Business Line of Evonik extended its existing partnership with Safic-Alcan, an international specialty chemicals distributor, regarding the TEGO additives products which will provide Safic-Alcan SAS and Safic-Alcan Necarbo…03.22.19
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Elevance, Stahl Bringing High-performing, Bio-based Coatings to Market
Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., a producer of novel, high-performing specialty chemicals from renewable feedstocks, signed a supply agreement with Stahl. The agreement enables Stahl to commercialize new coatings and Polyurethane…03.21.19
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Nouryon’s 2019 Imagine Chemistry Challenge Generates Ideas from 30 Countries
There has been another tremendous response to the Imagine Chemistry collaborative innovation challenge of Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals). More than 160 innovative ideas from 30 countries were submitted by startups, scale-ups, univer…03.21.19
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Perstorp’s Pentaerythritol Capacity Expansion at Arnsberg, Germany, Going on-stream in May
Perstorp is increasing the effective annual Penta production capacity at its Bruchhausen/Arnsberg plant in Germany by 12.5%. The Penta polyols are widely used in resins for coatings in the building and construction and steelworks industry, from archi…03.20.19
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Sun Chemical Increases Production Capacity of Perrindo Pigments
At Bushy Park, South Carolina plant.03.18.19
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Nouryon Celebrates 25 years of Surfactants Production in China
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) celebrated the 25th anniversary of its Boxing site, one of the company’s first chemical production locations in China. The site has grown to become an integral part of the company’s surfact…03.15.19
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BASF Invests €34 Million in Innovation Campus Shanghai
BASF is enhancing its regional innovation capabilities with new facilities at the Innovation Campus Shanghai, to further strengthen collaboration with the automotive industry and to offer new process catalysts to the chemical industry. …03.12.19
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Ravago Holdings America Acquires H.B. Chemical, Inc.
Ravago Holdings America, Inc. announced its acquisition of H.B. Chemical, Inc. of Twinsburg, OH. HB is a distributor for the North American rubber industry representing categories of synthetic rubber, accelerators, plasticizers,…03.08.19
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Nouryon Investing in New US plant for Expandable Microspheres
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) selected a location in the U.S. for a world-scale polymerization plant for its Expancel expandable microspheres. Advanced engineering is underway and long delivery item procurement has sta…03.07.19
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Applied Graphene Materials Unveils Testing, Recognition of Anti-corrosion Graphene Technology
AGM nominated as a finalist for the 2019 Corrosion Industry Innovation award.03.06.19
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Nouryon Completes Colloidal Silica Expansion in Sweden
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) raised production capacity for surface-modified colloidal silica at its Bohus site in Sweden. The €4-million expansion primarily adds capacity for the company’s Levasil CC-b…03.06.19
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Huber Engineered Materials Acquiring Miller Chemical & Fertilizer
Huber Engineered Materials, a specialty engineered materials company owned by the J.M. Huber Corporation, said it entered into a definitive agreement with Dunes Point Capital, LP to acquire Miller Chemical & Fertilizer, LLC. Miller, founde…03.05.19
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Evonik Agrees to Sell Methacrylates Biz to Advent International for €3 Billion
Expected to close in the third quarter of this year.03.05.19
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Nouryon Increases Butanox Peroxides Availability in North America
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) started production of Butanox, one of its methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKP) product lines, at its site in Pasadena, Texas. Nouryon introduced its Butanox-branded peroxides to North America in 2018.…03.04.19
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Sartomer Invests in In-house EB Labs for Developing Advanced Electron Beam Curing Solutions
The company recently installed EB lab units in its France and U.S. R&D centers.03.01.19
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Shell Joins W2C Rotterdam Project
Consortium comprised of Air Liquide, Nouryon, Enerkem and the Port of Rotterdam.03.01.19
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BCF: Exploring Brexit's Impact on UK's Paint, Printing Inks, Wallcoverings Industries
Tom Bowtell, CEO of BCF explores the impact of Brexit on the UK’s paint, printing inks and wallcoverings industries.Videos
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Grace Expands Colloidal Silica Manufacturing In Germany
W. R. Grace & Co. began constructing a new colloidal silica plant at its European flagship manufacturing and R&D center in Worms, Germany. This investment will significantly increase the capacity for Grace’s LUDOX portf…02.21.19
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BASF Invests in Alchemist Accelerator
BASF accelerates its outreach towards technologies like artificial intelligence, internet of things and robotics.02.20.19
