Company Dynamic

Dr. Jonathan Goff has been promoted to VP of Research & Development at Gelest, Inc., and Dr. Youlin Pan has been named Senior Research Fellow, adding to his current title of senior R&D manager.

• Gelest

140 years after its 1878 founding, APV Engineered Coatings has evolved to become one of the nation’s leading manufacturers and engineers of niche industrial coatings and advanced chemical products for factory- and field-applied applications.

140 years after its 1878 founding, APV Engineered Coatings has evolved to become one of the nation’s leading manufacturers and engineers of niche industrial coatings and advanced chemical products for factory- and field-applied applications.

• APV
• Coatings

The Fire Retardant Additives (FRA) business unit announced a significant capital investment to increase production capacity for Martinal LEO fine precipitated alumina trihydrate at its Martinswerk Plant in Bergheim, Germany. 

AkzoNobel announced the nomination of Nils Smedegaard Andersen as member of the Supervisory Board with the intention to elect him as chairman following his successful appointment at the Annual General Meeting

AkzoNobel announced the nomination of Nils Smedegaard Andersen as member of the Supervisory Board with the intention to elect him as chairman following his successful appointment at the Annual General Meeting

• AkzoNobel

ExxonMobil Corporation (XOM) said that it will become the first founding member of the new Stanford strategic energy alliance.

Total SA has acquired Marathon Oil Libya Limited which holds a 16.33 percent stake in the Waha Concessions in Libya.

• Total

Clariant in India has established its eminence in the speciality chemicals sector, with its presence in the country for more than 50 years.

• Clariant

Wison Petrochemicals (NA) LLC has been awarded a construction contract, for the modularization of the design and supply processes, bulk material procurement and on-site construction and installation for a petrochemical project in Texas.

• Wison

The "Starbucks: Break Free from Plastic" campaign says it has the support of more than a dozen environmental organizations. The campaign, among the goals, is targeting a variety of plastics products at Starbucks, including straws, cups and lids.

• Environmental
• Polypropylene

Packaging and Speciality Plastics, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), has developed an innovative formulation of polyethylene (PE) resins to create a new sustainable all PE laminate solution with flexible packaging applications.

• Polyethylene

AkzoNobel Speciality Chemicals has agreed to use watermark technology developed by FiliGrade, one of the winners of the 2017 Imagine Chemistry challenge - a program through which the company collaborates with startups, scale-ups and scientists.

• AkzoNobel

ExxonMobil Corporation and Synthetic Genomics Inc announced a new phase in their joint algae biofuel research program that could lead to the technical ability to produce 10,000 barrels of algae biofuel per day by 2025.

• ExxonMobil

Innofil3D, a subsidiary of BASF SE and Beijing Tiertime, a leading fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printer manufacturer, signed a strategic partnership to support the further development of the 3D printing industry in China and US.

• BASF

Covestro India said that it will present a range of smart and sustainable polyurethane (PU) materials for the construction, automobile, footwear, and furniture industries.

• Covestro

Shell Chemical LP (Shell) announced a good progress on the main construction of its fourth linear alpha olefins (AO) unit at its chemical manufacturing site in Geismar, Louisiana, US.

• Shell

Sika AG has successfully placed a bond with a total amount of CHF 300 million ($ 319.09 million) through a double tranche. The payment date of the bonds is 27 March 2018.

• Sika

Biesterfeld Polybass SpA has strengthened its long-term relationship with ExxonMobil Chemical Company and distributes Vistalon ethylene propylene diene rubber (EPDM) in Italy.

• ExxonMobil

BASF SE is in talks with Bayer AG to buy its vegetable seeds business, which is valued at around 1.5 billion euros ($1.85 billion) including debt, two people familiar with the matter said.

• BASF