BASF announced it is transitioning its (Meth)Acrylate portfolio to bio-based Ethyl Acrylate (EA) starting Q4 2024. The company says this shift supports its global sustainability efforts. Read More…

Henkel Adhesives Technologies India Private Limited (Henkel India) announced the completion of Phase III of its LEED Gold certified manufacturing facility in Kurkumbh, near Pune, Maharashtra. The Kurkumbh site, launched in 2020, serves the demand of Indian industries for high-performance solutions in adhesives, sealants, and surface treatment products. Read More…

Arkema announced the addition of a new technologies lab at its Arkema Kyoto Technical Center. According to the company, the new lab will strengthen its ability to innovate and address customer needs for ultraviolet-light-cured, light emitting diode, and electron-beam-cured (UV/LED/EB) curable resins and additives used for specialty coating and adhesive applications in advanced electronics, new energies, building efficiency, and e-mobility markets. Read More…

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…