ICR employs approximately 180 people and sells its products in more than 70 countries across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the United States, and Latin America.

The ultrafiltration membrane business had been part of BASF’s Performance Chemicals division. The division’s portfolio includes plastic additives, fuel and lubricant solutions, oilfield chemicals and mining solutions and kaolin minerals.

Huntsman Corporation has completed the sale of its chemical intermediates businesses, which includes PO/MTBE, and its surfactants businesses to Indorama Ventures in a transaction valued at approximately $2 billion.

Seal For Life reported that with these acquisitions, it broadens its portfolio of protective coating technologies, expands its range of applications, and significantly grows its presence in North America.

Gabriel has purchased coconut, vinyl-toluene, and silicon modified specialty solutions and has stated that it will produce these products in its Harrison City, Pa. facility.

The cooperation includes the promotion of a range of partly bio-based alkyd emulsions and alkyd urethane dispersions, and covers the sales regions Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands.

Production is scheduled to start at the site in South China in the first half of 2022.

The new 40,000-square-foot warehouse and production facility reportedly includes in-house ribbon blenders, high speed mixers, compaction mills, and custom packaging services.

Sika stated that the new plant, which is to the east of the capital city Jakarta, aligns local production capacities with the strong demand for building materials.

According to the companies, the joint venture will combine Evonik’s advanced product technology with the silicone industry value chain formed by Wynca, building a production facility for AEROSIL® fumed silica products by utilizing chlorosilanes from Wynca.