Company Dynamic

ASH said that its manufacturing facilities in Texas City, Texas, and Marl, Germany, have resumed normal operations after shutting down last month due to Hurricane Harvey in south Texas and a previously announced fire at the German plant.

• Ashland

Venator Materials PLC (VNTR), a global manufacturer and marketer of chemical products intends to close its Easton (Pennsylvania) and St Louis (Missouri) colour pigments manufacturing sites by the end of 2017.

• Venator

AkzoNobel NV has named Maarten de Vries as chief financial officer (CFO), effective 1 January 2018.

• AkzoNobel

Tosoh Corporation, the sole manufacturer of ethyleneamines in Japan, announced the increase of its prices for ethyleneamines globally.

• Tosoh

Growing urbanization is setting construction industry at pace, thereby giving rise to raw material industry such as construction chemicals market.

• Construction

Air Liquide China has opened a new digital performance centre (DPC) located at its Shanghai research and technology centre.

• Air Liquide

Next-generation concentrating solar power (CSP) plants require high-temperature fluids, like molten salts, in the range of 550-750 degrees Celsius to store heat and generate electricity.

• Coatings
• NREL

Clariant and Enviral Inc, the largest producer of bioethanol in Slovakia, have signed a license agreement on sunliquid cellulosic ethanol technology.

• Clariant

Sinar Mas Cepsa, a joint venture between Cepsa and Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), a subsidiary of the Indonesian Sinar Mas Consortium has inaugurated its first oleochemical plant in Indonesia.

• Oleochemicals

PPG Industries (PPG) and AEP Span, a metal supplier in Tacoma, Washington have partnered to protect and enhance Issaquah Middle School in Issaquah, Washington, with metal wall panels using Duranar GR (graffiti-resistant) clear coating.

• PPG

Givaudan, a global leader in fragrances and flavours, has completed the acquisition of Vika BV, a world player in food ingredients.

• Food
• Ingredients
• Givaudan

Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp today announced fresh investments of around Rs 3,800 crore in Gujarat to add a third car production plant. The company along with its partners Toshiba and Denso will also invest around Rs 1,150

• Suzuki
• Gujarat

Chemical company Sabic has inaugurated a new polypropylene (PP) pilot plant in Geleen, the Netherlands, and also announced plans for new state-of-the-art PP extrusion facility to be built at the same location.

• Sabic
• PP
• Netherlands

During past one year, 258 dyeing and printing mills are shut down and waste water discharge from 65 printing and dyeing mills are controlled strictly in Puning for rectification on Lianjiang River pollution.

• Dye
• Printing

Archroma has launched a free online tool that allows paper and packaging industry customers to search for products within the company’s entire range of colourants.

• Archroma

Clariant has signed a joint venture contract with Tiangang Auxiliary Co Ltd, a privately-owned producer and leading supplier of UV light stabilizers in China.

• Clariant

BioAmber Inc (BIOA) has appointment Richard Eno as its new chief executive officer (CEO), and new member of the board, effective September 18th, 2017.

• BioAmber

Chevron USA Inc has contributed $1 million from Chevron Corporation and the Chevron Global Community Fund to assist with efforts to recover from the damage done by Hurricane Irma.

• Chevron

Sika AG is establishing its 99th national subsidiary in El Salvador, Central America.

• Sika

Quaker Chemical Corporation presents its die casting product line, including die release agents with smart polymer technology, plunger lubricants, ladle coatings, machining coolants and QUINTOLUBRIC fire-resistant hydraulic fluids.

• Quaker