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…

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…

Sheboygan Paint Company announced the acquisition of Bradley Coatings Group from United Paint & Chemical Corporation. The companies will partner to ensure a successful transition for customers with production being absorbed into Sheboygan Paint Company’s facilities in Wisconsin and Georgia. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Read More…

Clariant and OMV announced their intended collaboration to explore and develop new strategies to meet sustainability targets in the ethylene supply chain and reduce their carbon footprint. According to the companies, in response to increasing consumer demand for more sustainable options, and with a particular focus on Europe, the partnership will help both companies meet their sustainability targets and deliver on their customers’ carbon reduction strategies. Read More…

The Lubrizol Corporation announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Maharashtra to purchase a 120-acre plot in Aurangabad, India, where it plans to construct a new manufacturing facility to initially support the region’s growing transportation and industrial fluid markets. The initial phase of the project represents a projected investment of approximately $200 million — the company’s largest ever in India. Read More…