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BASF Opens New Research Lab for Pigments

Located at the company's Besigheim, Germany site.

09.16.19

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Cathay Industries Appoints Dowd and Guild Inc. as Western US Iron Oxide Pigment Distributor

"We anticipate our customers will see a seamless transition to Dowd and Guild," said Chuck Hoover, Cathay's VP for Coatings, Plastics & Specialty Markets.

09.11.19

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Evonik Expands Capacity for Specialty Alcohol ITDA

Evonik expanded its production capacity for the high-purity C13 alcohol isotridecanol (ITDA) at the Marl Chemical Park. Due to the outstanding technical properties and high effectiveness of ITDA, global demand has been growing for years. The high-p…

09.11.19

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Lomon Billions Showcasing TiO2 Pigments at ABRAFATI 2019

Lomon Billions will promote its titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigments for coatings and inks at stand 160 during ABRAFATI 2019, which takes place Oct. 1-3 in Brazil. “Although we’ve attended ABRAFATI before, it’s the first time we’…

09.06.19

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Oxea Achieves Gold Status in EcoVadis Sustainability Rating

Oxea has been awarded gold status for its sustainable entrepreneurship by the independent rating agency EcoVadis.

09.05.19

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Vink Chemicals Acquires Technical Biocides Range, Additives from schülke

Vink Chemicals GmbH & Co. KG recently acquired the product range of technical biocides as well as oil and gas additives from schülke. Vink will add PARMETOL, GROTANOL and GROTAMAR to its product portfolio and schülke's Technical Bi…

09.04.19

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Cathay Industries USA Begins Construction on New North American HQ

The facility is expected to be complete late in the fourth quarter of 2019.

09.03.19

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CPS Performance Materials Acquires GEO Specialty Chemicals

The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

09.03.19

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Union Colours Increases EMEAI Footprint, Appoints New Directors

The company appointed three new directors.

08.29.19

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DIC Corporation to Acquire BASF’s Global Pigments Business

The purchase price on a cash and debt-free basis is €1.15 billion.

08.29.19

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Hudson Resources, Terra Firma Announce Partnership

Terra Firma has entered into a long-term relationship with Hudson Resources to market the company’s GreenSpar product line across all of its geographical coverage (Northeast, Southeast, Southwest and Midwest US). GreenSpar is a form of the min…

08.28.19

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Ashland Introduces New Performance Enhancing Additive for Waterborne Architectural Coatings

Strodex PK-86NV is specialty phosphate ester surfactant.

08.26.19

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Rain Carbon Begins Commissioning Process at New Hydrogenated Hydrocarbon Resins Facility in Germany

The plant will have a permitted resins production capacity of up to 50,000 tons per year

08.15.19

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Vink Chemicals Increases Production Capacity

Vink Chemicals GmbH & Co. KG recently acquired ISP Biochema Schwaben GmbH in Memmingen (Bavaria). Vink Chemicals generates around 95 percent of its sales from the production and sale of biocides. “With the acquisition, we are reinfo…

08.15.19

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Rain Carbon Holds Ribbon-Cutting for New Production Facility

Rain Carbon Inc. will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins production facility, which will serve as a cornerstone of the company’s Advanced Materials business segment. Once the facility e…

08.14.19

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Cabot Announces Feedstock Surcharge for Carbon Black Products Produced in NA

Surcharge is a result of new low sulfur fuel regulations.

08.13.19

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BASF Hosts University Faculty from Around the World to Promote Process Safety Curriculum

Twenty-two faculty from around the world participated in the BASF sponsored Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) Faculty Workshop in Wyandotte.

08.12.19

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Solvay

Solvay is a leading global supplier of binder, color and performance solution additives. Binder solutions include a wide range of anionic/nonionic surfactants and specialty monomers for emulsion polymerization. Color solutions deliver efficient dispe…

Camille Thomas, Sr. Communications Manager 08.06.19

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King Industries, Inc.

King Industries offers not only the industry’s broadest line of acid and blocked acid catalysts under their NACURE® and K-CURE® trade names but a myriad of other high performance additives including; K-KAT® Non-tin Catalysts for ure…

Taylor Scicchitano, Marketing Specialist 08.05.19

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