Company Dynamic

PPG said it made a $1.7 million (RMB12 million) investment in a new dispense cell at its Kunshan, China, coatings manufacturing facility.

• protective
• coatings
• China

“Phyt-N-Resist expands our offering of actives, while complementing our distribution portfolio of functional speciality ingredients,” sa...

• natural
• cosmetic

Speciality chemicals firm, Lanxess, is investing “a seven-figure Euro amount” in its ion exchange resin production facility at its site in Leverkusen, Germany. The company is optimising its process technology and operating efficiency. The project is sched

• Epoxy Resins
• Battery

At its El Dorado site, Lanxess processes several million litres of brine every day, which are pumped into wells and transported via pipe...

• Lithium Ion Battery
• bromine

Moving forward, BASF, Materialise, and Essentium will jointly drive the transition from 3D printing to scalable additive manufacturing.

• industrial
• additive

In terms of its chemical and physical characteristics, biomass balanced methanol is identical to methanol produced from fossil resources.

• Methanol
• BASF

Clariant has announced the expansion of the capacity of its ethylene oxide (EO) unit in Gendorf, Germany. The investment positions Clariant to continue its successful development of innovative EO-based specialties to support a wide range of industries, su

• Ethylene
• Oxide
• cosmetics

“This acquisition perfectly complements our existing strong position in Life Sciences and helps establish IMCD India as a truly multi ma...

• IMCD
• Aromatic

Using technical and industry knowledge, she leads a global team of color stylists who identify and create color solutions for a wide ran...

• Coatings
• PPG

All three US propane dehydrogenation units had been back in operation since early October, leading to five consecutive weeks of growing ...

• Propylene

Dow, a leading supplier of polyethylene glycols (PEGs), today announced a low-capital, high-ROIC investment in a new congealer to increase its production capacity for CARBOWAX SENTRY polyethylene glycols in solid powder and granular form

• DowChemical
• Ethylene

The planned satellite production units in Asia and the Americas will help ensure global product availability for the feed & food business.

• Food

According to Evonik, the HP and PAA markets are characterised by versatile applications and above-average growth rates – especially fo...

The site plans to include new production lines for automotive adhesives, and intends to manufacture additional speciality products in th...

• Adhesives
• Plastics

The jv will make use of a new fermentation facility being built at the site in Blair, which is expected to be completed and operating in...

• sweetener

Certified vegan by the EVE (Expertise Vegan Europe) standards, the extracts include: Rose Essential, Rose Ultimate, Blackcurrant Buds Ab...

• Fragrance

PPG introduced PPG ENVIROCRON Extreme Protection powder coating system, which is formulated to provide superior chip and corrosion resistance to extend the life of high-tensile automotive coil springs on OEM vehicles. PPG will feature the dual-coat system

• Powder Coating
• PPG

“VISIOMER HEMA-P 70M offers new options for customers with special requirements for flame-retardant and anti-corrosion properties.

• Coatings
• Paints
• Colors

Since the Copperas process, which was an alternative, is no longer used worldwide on a market-relevant scale, the much more environmenta...

• iron ore
• painting

Lanxess’ High Performance Materials business unit is also investing in its global production network for high performance plastics, and ...

• Thermoplastic