BASF Breaks Ground in China
BASF has broken ground on a methyl glycols (MG) plant at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. Read More…
Univar Solutions and Arxada Partner
Univar Solutions Brasil Ltda., a subsidiary of Univar Solutions, has announced a distribution agreement with Arxada for a full range of biocides, preservatives, and performance additives used in industrial applications. According to the company, the agreement will strengthen Univar Solutions' product offerings in Brazil's paints, coatings, and lubricants markets by adding cost-effective and versatile antimicrobials and performance additives tailored to preservation and microbial control. Read More…
Perstorp Buys Out Minority Partner at China Site
Perstorp has closed a deal to buy out its minority partner in the joint venture Shandong Perstorp Chemical Co., Ltd. (formerly Shandong Fufeng Perstorp Chemical Co., Ltd.), which owned and operated the polyol manufacturing operation at Site Zibo located in Shangdon province in China. Read More…
AkzoNobel Completes Expansions
AkzoNobel has opened a €26 million manufacturing plant in Faisalabad, the company’s largest investment in Pakistan to date. Read More…
WEG Opens New Factory in Mexico
The Brazilian company WEG has announced an investment of R$100 million in its new industrial coatings factory in Mexico. Read More…
Cytek Biosciences Opens New Facility
Cytek® Biosciences, Inc. has announced the opening of a 50,000-square-foot facility in Wuxi, China to increase the company's manufacturing capacity and meet the growing worldwide demand for comprehensive cell analysis solutions. Read More…
New ACA-Published Industry Market Analysis for the Paint & Coatings Industry Now Available
ACA's new U.S. Market Analysis for the Paint & Coatings Industry (2023–2028) offers quantitative and qualitative data analysis, with 5-year projections for sector and segment performance. Read More…
Bodo Möller Chemie Obtains Majority Share in Losi Group
Bodo Möller Chemie has acquired 50.1 percent of distribution company Losi Group, a solutions provider for bonding composite materials and surface technologies for the aerospace industry, defense sector, MRO, motorsport, and the high-tech automotive industry. Founded in 1988 and based in Casalpusterlengo, Italy, the Losi Group advises and supplies more than 250 clients in more than 50 countries. Read More…
Perstorp Launches New Penta Plant in India
Sweden-based specialty chemicals company Perstorp has built and commissioned an ISCC Plus certified plant in Sayakha, Bharuch, in the state of Gujarat, India to produce Penta chemicals. Read More…
LANXESS Expands Distribution Partnerships
LANXESS Corporation’s Material Protection Products business unit has expanded distribution partnerships with Lintech International, Omya Specialty Minerals, and DKSH for industrial preservatives in North America. The agreements enlarge the distributors’ portfolios into the Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants and Elastomer (CASE), and other building materials markets, following LANXESS’ acquisition of IFF’s microbial control business in July, 2022. All three distributors now represent LANXESS’ full industrial preservatives portfolio for these markets. Read More…