Pan Technology Announces Plant Expansion
Pan Technology, Inc., a manufacturer of coatings, pigment dispersions and inks, announced its plans to expand into a second facility in Spartanburg, S.C. Read More…
IMCD Strengthens North America Technical Capabilities with New Laboratory for the Coatings and Construction Markets
IMCD announced the relocation and opening of the new IMCD Coatings & Construction Laboratory to serve customers throughout North America. Read More…
BASF to Expand Production Capacity for Alkyl Polyglucosides in Asia-Pacific and North America
BASF announced plans to expand its global alkyl polyglucosides (APG®s) production capacity at its sites in Bangpakong, Thailand, and Cincinnati, Ohio. BASF says it hopes that the expansions, which are expected to be complete in 2025, will help strengthen its position in the APG market and better serve customers from the regional supply points, while reducing cross-regional volume flows. Read More…
Bodo Möller Chemie Expands Henkel Partnership to Include Benelux
The Bodo Möller Chemie Group is expanding its cooperative partnership with manufacturer Henkel Adhesive Technologies. The special chemicals company will also distribute to Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Read More…
The Chemours Company Sells Glycolic Acid Business to Puretech Scientific Inc.
The Chemours Company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Glycolic Acid business for $137 million to PureTech Scientific Inc., a company founded and backed by Iron Path Capital. Read More…
Covestro Signs First Major Renewable Energy Agreement for its U.S. Operations
Covestro signed a 90 megawatt (MW) virtual power purchase agreement (vPPA) with Ørsted, a Danish energy company. Read More…
Omya Acquires Bublon, Extends Lightweight Fillers Portfolio
Omya has acquired Bublon GmbH, a technology company that produces microspheres using closed-cell expanded perlite. Read More…
PPG Opens $30M Battery Pack Application Center in China
PPG has inaugurated a battery pack application center (BPAC) in Tianjin, China. The $30 million facility was designed with many features for testing the application of PPG coatings technologies, materials and systems for electric vehicle (EV) battery packs. Read More…
PaintCare Bill Passes Illinois Legislature
Legislation to bring the PaintCare program to Illinois, was adopted by the Illinois General Assembly on May 19. At press time, the legislation was to be sent to Gov. J. B. Pritzker. Read More…
Nouryon Signs Power Purchase Agreement for U.S. Solar Project
Nouryon announced that it has signed a 30-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Convergent Energy and Power to supply 2-megawatt (MW) of solar power to Nouryon’s manufacturing site in Morris, Ill. The onsite solar field is expected to be operational in the second half of 2024. Read More…