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Stahl Opens Center of Excellence for Performance Coatings in China
Stahl opened a Center of Excellence for Performance Coatings in Suzhou, China. The environmental friendly center will focus on innovative performance coating solutions for a wide variety of materials. Customers, OEMs, brands and other partners c…11.15.18
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BYK Team Wins ALTANA Innovation Award 2018 for New Additive Product Line
ALTANA presented the ALTANA Innovation Award for the seventh time. This year, the redevelopment of specific additives was awarded. As an international team of the BYK division, Byungdu Bae, Dr. Marc Eberhardt, Mark Heekeren and Dr. Gu…11.15.18
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BASF, Materialise, Essentium Join to Advance Industrial Additive Manufacturing
BASF Venture Capital is leading the Series A investment round in Essentium, Inc., a developer of disruptive, industrial additive manufacturing solutions headquartered in College Station, Texas. Materialise is one of the co-investors in the Series A i…11.14.18
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Chromaflo Technologies Acquires CECOPLAS Colorants
Chromaflo Technologies acquired Central de Colores Plásticos’ (CECOPLAS) colorants business. Chromaflo Technologies and CECOPLAS came to a purchase agreement whereby Chromaflo Technologies will acquire CECOPLAS’ coloran…11.06.18
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Orion Engineered Carbons to Acquire Acetylene Carbon Black Manufacturer
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. said it has reached an agreement to acquire Acetylene Carbon Black manufacturer Société du Noir d'Acétylène de l'Aubette, SAS [SN2A] from LyondellBasell Industries Holdings B.V. a…11.02.18
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Evonik Concludes Sale of its Jayhawk Site
Evonik concluded the sale of its Jayhawk site in Galena, Kansas, taking the next step on the road to a consistent focus on specialty chemicals. Funds advised by Permira, an international investment company, acquired the site at a price in the…11.01.18
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LANXESS Increases Micronized Iron Oxide Red Pigments Production Volume
LANXESS continues to optimize its global production network for the manufacture of iron oxide pigments. Through targeted “debottlenecking” at the Krefeld-Uerdingen site, the specialty chemicals company increased the product availab…10.29.18
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PicOnyx, Carbo Ceramics Form Strategic Partnership M-Tone Black Pigments Production
PicOnyx, Inc. and Carbo Ceramics, Inc. plan to establish a strategic partnership for the production of M-Tone, an innovative family of unique, high-performance black pigments. M-Toneaddresses customer needs for black pigments with higher performance…10.26.18
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Nouryon, Tata Steel, Port of Amsterdam Partner to Develop Largest Green Hydrogen Cluster in Europe
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals), Tata Steel and the Port of Amsterdam joined together to study the feasibility of a large green hydrogen cluster in the Amsterdam region. The three parties consider green hydrogen vital for reaching cl…10.18.18
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Regulatory Approval Process for BASF’s Acquisition of Solvay’s Polyamide Biz Moves Forward
In September 2017, BASF and Solvay agreed that BASF would acquire Solvay’s polyamide business subject to the approval of the relevant merger control authorities. The approval process of the EU Commission is ongoing. To meet the concerns…10.16.18
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Stahl Opens First Center of Excellence for Powder Coatings in Barcelona
Stahl opened its first Center of Excellence for Powder Coatings in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. The Center of Excellence for Powder Coatings is the result of the takeover of the R&D facilities of OEM NuTech, an Austra…10.15.18
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Covestro Invests €1.5 billion in New World-scale MDI Plant in Baytown, Texas
Covestro’s Supervisory Board approved an investment of around €1.5 billion to build a new world-scale MDI plant in Baytown, Texas. This investment at the existing site in Baytown is the largest single investment in the company&rsquo…10.09.18
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AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals is Now Nouryon
The former AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals is being relaunched as Nouryon. The move follows the recent acquisition of the business by The Carlyle Group and marks the company’s transition to becoming an independent, global specialty chemicals lead…10.09.18
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Arkema Expands Manufacturing of Alkyd Emulsions for Sustainable Formulating
Arkema Coating Resins, a business unit of Arkema Inc., announced a project to expand manufacturing capability for its SYNAQUA technology platform at the company’s Grand Rapids, MI, facility. This new manufacturing capacity is scheduled to…10.08.18
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BASF Wins 3M Supplier of the Year Award for Technology & Innovation
BASF was honored with the 2017 3M Supplier of the Year Award for Technology & Innovation in recognition of the company’s contribution to improving 3M’s competitiveness. This year, 3M recognized 16 suppliers – among thousa…10.05.18
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Omnova Acquires Leading Supplier in European Coating Resins
OMNOVA Solutions Inc. has acquired Resiquímica, S.A., a Portugal-based producer of resins and binders for the coatings and building and construction industries. Resiquímica's aqueous polymer emulsions and solvent-borne alkyd and acr…10.02.18
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AkzoNobel Completes Fabryo Acquisition
Akzo Nobel N.V. completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Fabryo Corporation S.R.L. The transaction includes two production facilities and six distribution centers for decorative paints, adhesives and mortars, including one of the largest d…10.02.18
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AkzoNobel Closes Sale of Specialty Chemicals to The Carlyle Group, GIC
Akzo Nobel N.V. completed the sale of the Specialty Chemicals business to The Carlyle Group and GIC for an enterprise value of €10.1 billion. "[This] is a key milestone in the history of AkzoNobel, creating a focused paints and coati…10.01.18
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Conductive Inks, Smart Packaging, RFID Among Highlights of Electronic Ink Conference
New applications and technologies will be highlighted at Oct. 11-12 conference.09.26.18
