Azelis has announced a new distribution agreement with allnex, a producer of specialty polymers used in industrial coating resins and additives. Azelis will distribute allnex’s additives for the coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE) segment and broaden their presence in the CASE segment in Indonesia. Read More…
Brenntag has acquired Monarch Group Holdings Ltd, and its operating subsidiary Monarch Chemicals Ltd.— a distributor in the UK that supplies a range of industry sectors, including coatings, and product groups, such as Inorganic Chemicals, Citrates and Glycols. Read More…
ACA is seeking nominations for the 2025 Joseph J. Mattiello Lecture Award, to be given at its CoatingsTech Conference scheduled for April 28-30, 2025. Nominations should be received by Dec. 2, 2024. Read More…
ACA’s comments to focused only on WEREs— Workplace Emergency Response Employers. OSHA has scheduled an informal hearing on its proposal for Nov. 12, 2024, to hear comments and testimony from the public. Read More…
BASF's Coatings division has renewed its agreement to procure 100% renewable electricity at its automotive OEM coatings manufacturing operations in Shanghai, China. Through a combination of Renewable Direct Power Purchase (R-DPP), International Renewable Energy Certificates (I-REC), and other measures, the company says it will continue to power its BASF Shanghai Coatings Minhang and Caojing sites, as well as the BASF Coatings' resin plant in Caojing, solely with green power. Read More…
Sika, a specialty chemicals company, announced the opening of its Marion Regional Distribution Center in Marion, Ohio. Read More…