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PolyOne Announces Realignment
PolyOne Corporation, a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today announced additional realignment actions to better serve customers and to increase utilization of its manufacturing assets in North A…
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Oman Oil Company Completes Acquisition of Oxea
Oman Oil Company (OOC) has successfully concluded the acquisition of Oxea which was announced in October. Oxea is one of the largest global manufacturers of Oxo chemicals. With the acquisition, OOC aims to become a vertically integrated global chemi…
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Industry News | Pigments
Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited Intends to Acquire Plastichemix Industries
Clariant recently announced the intention to acquire Plastichemix Industries, a masterbatch business in India, located in Vadodara with production facilities in Rania, Kalol and Nandesari in Gujarat (India). Plastichemix Industries is a leading suppl…
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BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Renmatix Inc. Jointly Scale Up the Renmatix Plantrose Process
BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany, and American technology provider Renmatix Inc. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will jointly scale up the Renmatix Plantrose process for the production of industrial sugars based on lignocellulosic biomass. The two companie…
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Additives | Industry News | Powder Coatings
Allnex Romano d’Ezzelino, Italy Powder Coating Resins Plant Recognized with National Safety Award
The Allnex Romano d'Ezzelino, Italy facility was recently honored with the national Premio Imprese per la Sicurezza Award for continuous improvement in its safety performance. Sponsored by the National Industry Association (Confindustria) and the…
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PolyOne Expands with New Facility in Turkey
PolyOne Corporation has begun production in a new facility in Turkey. The operations feature enhanced capabilities to better serve customers with an expanding portfolio of specialty polymer formulations. The facility is located in Istanbul and…
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Michelman Enters Into Joint Venture Agreement with Maruyoshi Chemical
Michelman has established a joint venture with Maruyoshi Chemical Co., Ltd., a developer and manufacturer of specialty waterborne polyolefin emulsions, and chemical trading company, based in Gifu, Japan. Maruyoshi Chemical has separated their manufac…
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EVOQUE Pre-Composite Polymer Wins 2013 U.S. EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award
The Dow Chemical Company has been named a winner of the 2013 U.S. EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for its development of EVOQUE Pre-Composite Polymer Technology. This Dow innovation helps coatings formulators improve paint performanc…
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Industry News | Pigments
BASF Strengthens Pigment’s Competitiveness in its Performance Products
BASF continues to implement a series of measures within its Performance Products segment to strengthen its competitiveness. As part of its long-term pigment strategy, BASF will enhance customer focus and continue to design differentiated products in…
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Additives | Industry News
Evonik Opens Production Plant in Shanghai
Evonik Industries is significantly expanding its global isophorone (IP) and isophorone diamine (IPD) capacities by funding an investment of more than €100 million in Shanghai, China. The new production plants will be completed in the first quart…
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Bayer Increases Investment in the Production Sites of Polyether Polyol for the Polyurethane Market
Bayer MaterialScience has increased it investment in its production sites for polyether polyols in South Charleston, West Virginia, and Channelview, Texas. Both sites produce polyether polyols - a key component in the development of polyurethanes. T…
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Industry News | Pigments
Applied Minerals, Inc. Launches AMIRON Advanced Natural Iron Oxides Product Line
Applied Minerals, Inc., a leading global producer of halloysite clay and technical grade iron oxides, hasl launched AMIRON advanced natural iron oxide family of products produced from its domestic wholly-owned Dragon Mine. As part of the initial laun…
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Sustainable Chemistry Leader DRT Announces the Increase in the Capital of its Joint-venture
A global leader in the development of rosin and turpentine extracted from pine resin, DRT has announced an increase in capital of its joint-venture with the Indian company Crown Chemicals to the level of 50 %. Specialized in the manufacture of synthe…
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AkzoNobel joins Together for Sustainability to Enhance Global Supply Chain
AkzoNobel has underlined its commitment to driving improvements throughout its global supply chains by signing up to the Together for Sustainability (TfS) initiative. Founded in 2011, the purpose of TfS is to develop and implement a global audit pro…
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Orion Engineered Carbons To Cease Production at Portugal Facility
Orion Engineered Carbons GmbH will cease production at its Sines, Portugal facility by the end of 2013 affecting immediately approximately 36 of the 40 positions at the plant. The shutdown will take place while investments are being made in the comp…
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Industrial Coatings | Industry News
Chromaflo Technologies and CPS Color’s Colorants Business Combine
Global supplier of pigment and chemical dispersions Chromaflo Technologies and integrated tinting specialist CPS Color’s colorant business combine to create one of the leading independent global colorant system and pigment dispersion platforms…
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Dow Announces Carve-Out Scope for $5 Billion of Commodity Chemicals Businesses
The Dow Chemical Company detailed the scope of a separation of a significant portion of its chlorine value chain. These assets are being carved out for future transactions, and represent up to $5 billion of total annual revenue, inclusive of sales on…
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Industry News | Solvents
BASF Produces First Commercial Volumes of Butanediol from Renewable Raw Material
BASF has produced its first commercial volumes of 1,4-butanediol (BDO) from renewable raw material, and is offering this product to customers for testing and commercial use. The production process relies on a patented fermentation technology from Gen…
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Additives | Industry News | Wood Coatings
Ashland Announces Addition of Coatings & Construction Lab to its Shanghai Technical Center
Ashland Specialty Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., announced the addition of a coatings and construction lab in its Shanghai Technical Center. With 20 additional chemists, the newly expanded technical center houses state-of-the-art lab…
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Arkema Officially Starts Waterborne Emulsion Polymers Facility in China
Arkema has officially started its new 60,000 MTY emulsion polymers facility on its Changshu platform. The plant, part of Arkema's Coating Resins business unit, will serve customers in the Asia Pacific region with a full line of waterborne emulsio…
