Company Dynamic

Cross-linked polyethylene pipe helps the new Wilshire Grand Center building in Los Angeles — the highest skyscraper west of the Mississippi River — stand tall.

• Construction
• US
• Pipe

Engineered Plastic Components Inc. has closed an injection molding plant in Rantoul, Ill.

• Injection Molding
• US

Rigid packaging distributor TricorBraun Holdings Inc. is boosting its 3D printing and rapid prototyping capacity through an acquisition of Salbro Bottle Inc.

• Mergers Acquisitions
• Canada
• US

Proto Labs Inc. is investing in six Arburg molding machines in its latest phase of expansion in Europe, in response to growing demand in the region.

• Expansions
• Europe
• US

The growth trajectory for Indian pharmaceutical industry is likely to be moderate, according to Indian credit ratings agency ICRA.

• Pharma
• India

Czech plastics compounder Silon sro plans to invest $20 million to establish a North American production base in Georgia.

• Materials
• Sustainability
• Expansions
• Europe

Hempel’s new Hempaline Defend epoxy linings are now also available in Europe to protect steel and concrete tanks in challenging and highly corrosive environments.

• Hempel

Plastipak Packaging Inc. is again expanding capacity at the company's Pineville, La., manufacturing plant, a $15 million decision that will create 10 new jobs.

• Expansions
• US
• Packaging

Malaysia's Lotte Chemical Titan Holding said on Tuesday its initial public offering (IPO) was priced at 6.50 ringgit ($1.51) per share, the bottom of an indicative price range.

• Lotte
• Chemical

DuluxGroup has become the latest brand to sign on with artificial intelligence sales optimisation vendor, Complexica, in a bid to automate processes for sales staff and provide a more personalised customer experience.

• DuluxGroup
• Coating

AkzoNobel has today announced the acquisition of UK-based Flexcrete Technologies Ltd and an agreement to acquire French manufacturer Disa Technology (Disatech).

• AkzoNobel
• Coating

Global coatings company Hempel is investing in a new research and development centre focused solely on passive fire protection coatings. Located just outside Barcelona in Spain, the centre is due to open towards the end of 2018.

• Hempel
• Coatings
• Fire
• Protection

Qianxi Coal Chemical Investment Co., Lid. held the ceremony for the resumption of construction works at tis 300kt/year coal-based monoethylene glycol (MEG) plant at Qianxi county in Guizhou province.

• MEG

Zhejiang Donghua stopped 30kt/yr direct-spun PSF unit for maintenance and is expected to reopen it in mid-Jul.

• PSF

When William Bayliss is in the air, he wants to make sure he's the one flying the machine, not the machine flying him. That's why blimps are more his speed than planes.

• Goodyear

Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. still plan to merge, cut billions more in costs and thousands of additional jobs, and reorganize into three smaller companies.

• Dow
• DuPont

PPG today announced the completion of a COLORFUL COMMUNITIES™ project in Milan, Italy, that helped revitalize the Villa Arconati, a historic villa in the hamlet of Castellazzo di Bollate that is the headquarters of...

• PPG
• Colorful

a DuPont spinoff company that inherited liability for some of its parent's nastiest toxic messes – announced "voluntary actions" to clean up and eliminate pollution from a highly fluorinated chemical.

• Clean
• Companies

Taiwan's Toung Loong Textile is launching a new line of fabrics consisting of a blend of INVISTA's popular COOLMAX AIR technology with LYCRA fiber.

• Textile

BASF will consider buying seed assets that rivals are putting on the block to win antitrust approval for tie-ups, saying bargain prices could persuade BASF to overcome its traditional reluctance to expand into the seeds industry.

• BASF