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Royal DSM launched a new proprietary Uralacone shot matte (OSM) powder coating HAA system. The new Uralac OSM powder coating resins are being rolled out globally and can be used for a wide...

• DSM
• Launch

Swiss chemicals company Clariant has revealed four beauty trend predictions, alongside its latest hair ingredient launch at in-cosmetics Global held in Amsterdam.

• Clariant
• Predictions
• Beauty

As Pakistan struggles to sustain its depleting foreign reserves, on Thursday global consumer brand Unilever and Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell announced investments worth £100 million in Pakistan in an effort to boost trade links between Commonwealth...

• Shell
• Pakistan
• Unilever

WuXi AppTec has opened its expanded Laboratory Testing Division (LTD) facility in New Jersey. The grand opening event was attended by state and local officials including State Senator Linda Greenstein. The new facility will enhance WuXi's integrated ...

• Wuxi
• AppTec
• LTD

Water Street Healthcare Partners, a strategic investor focused exclusively on the health care industry, and JLL Partners, have acquired Triplefin. An industry leader in patient support for more than 30 years, Triplefin is the latest company to join the...

• Acquisition
• JLL
• Triplefin

AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals and INEOS Nitriles signed a long-term co-operation agreement that will allow AkzoNobel to expand its production of biodegradable chelates, used in detergents and other industries, utilizing one of INEOS Nitriles' chemical ...

• AkzoNobel
• INEOS
• Cooperation
• Nitrile

A new exhibition opened to the public at the AkzoNobel Art Space in Amsterdam. Entitled Common Ground, the official opening ceremony will be performed by the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and...

• Exhibitions
• AkzoNobel

PPG debuted a video highlighting the company’s contributions to the coatings industry. The video offers a complete overview of PPG’s technologically advance coatings and the advantages they offer to industrial manufacturers.

• PPG
• Video

Total SA has entered into an agreement to acquire 74.33 percent stake in Direct Energie, a French electric utility company. The transaction is valued at a total price of approximately €1.4 billion.

• Total
• Acquisition

AkzoNobel is launching its Awlgrip high performance yacht coatings brand in Brazil. Local production and distribution are due to start in July.

• AkzoNobel
• Brazil

AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals has announced the 20 finalists for the 2018 edition of its Imagine Chemistry challenge. Imagine Chemistry was launched to help solve real-life chemistry-related challenges and uncover sustainable business opportunities.

• AkzoNobel

The Board of Executive Directors of BASF announced the following personnel changes...

• BASF
• People

PPG’s OLMYPIC brand stains will be available at Home Depot’s nearly 2,000 U.S. locations, PPG said. This partnership combines the woodcare performance of Olympic stains with the largest retailer of exterior stains.

• PPG
• OLYMPIC

Even the smallest of changes can have a big impact. BASF’s initiative “Idea Management” proves this time and again, with employees submitting suggestions that make every day work safer, easier and more efficient. By implementing improvements initiated...

• BASF
• Employee
• People

US-based analytical technologies firm, Waters Corporation, is planning to significantly expand its precision chemistry operation in Taunton, Massachusetts (USA). The company anticipates investing approximately $215-mn to build and equip a new...

US-based analytical technologies firm, Waters Corporation, is planning to significantly expand its precision chemistry operation in Taunton, Massachusetts (USA). The company anticipates investing approximately $215-mn to build and equip a new...

• Waters
• Expansions
• US

German chemical firm, Wacker, has informed that the international inspectorate TÜV SÜD has recently certified its mass balance method for tracing renewable raw materials in silicone manufacture. The company thus has a recognised procedure for tracking...

Swiss speciality chemicals firm, Clariant, expects its cross-business growth strategy for North America to advance regional sales of about $2-bn by 2021. This would make North America the company’s second largest global market and represent about 25%...

• Clariant
• US

German speciality chemicals company, Lanxess, recently received the ‘National Green Plant’ certificate for its plant in Ningbo from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) of China. The Ningbo plant is located in Ningbo Petrochemical...

German speciality chemicals company, Lanxess, recently received the ‘National Green Plant’ certificate for its plant in Ningbo from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) of China. The Ningbo plant is located in Ningbo Petrochemical...

• Lanxess
• China
• Certificate