Company Dynamic

Continental A.G.'s ContiTech business is planning a major investment at one of its U.S. hose plants, but the project will result in the closure of a second factory.

• ContiTech
• Tire

May 18 Saudi Aramco is due to sign deals with 12 U.S. companies on Saturday during U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia, sources with knowledge of the matter said.

• Saudi
• Aramco

Henkel A.G. & Co. KGaA signed an agreement to acquire Sonderhoff Holding GmbH, a privately owned company that offers sealing solutions for industrial assembly.

• Henkel

Dow Chemical Co. and Beijing Mobike Technology Co. Ltd. have agreed to develop a long term partnership to develop lighter weight and more eco-friendly bicycles.

Dow Chemical Co. and Beijing Mobike Technology Co. Ltd. have agreed to develop a long term partnership to develop lighter weight and more eco-friendly bicycles.

• Dow
• Polyurethane

Dow Chemical ( DOW) and DuPont (DFT) will reassess how they plan on separating into three firms following their merger

• Merge

Archroma, a global leader in colour and specialty chemicals headquartered in Switzerland, has announced its latest collaboration with Patagonia.

• Textile
• Dyes

LyondellBasell has broken ground on the first commercial Hyperzone polyethylene (PE) plant at its La Porte

• HDPE
• Plastic

Micronutrients, an agribusiness that produces animal feed additives, will expand its operations in New Castle...

• Animal

German materials company Covestro AG has announced plans to further increase polycarbonate production capacity at its plant in Shanghai, just months after an earlier expansion was launched at the site. 

• Covestro
• Polycarbonate
• Plastic

Germany-based oxo-alcohols producer BASF has declared force majeure on US butyl acrylate (butyl-A), according to a customer letter received on Tuesday.

• BASF
• ButylAcrylate

Unilever announced on May 15 that it has signed an agreement to acquire the personal care and home care brands of Quala, the Latin American consumer goods company.

• Unilever
• Personal Care
• Quala

Sigma Plastics Group, already the largest privately owned film extrusion group in North America, is expanding again. This time in Kentucky.

• Merge
• Plastic

AkzoNobel and chemicals manufacturing company Atul have formally agreed upon the joint venture partnership announced last year for the production of monochloroacetic acid (MCA) in India.

• AkzoNobel
• Atul
• India

Dow Chemical said Thursday it’s planning to spend $4 billion in further expansions in Texas, its Michigan headquarters and in Europe.

• Dow

Astrazeneca led the way on the FTSE 100 this morning as London’s leading stock market index was on course to finish the week at a seven-week high.

• Pharmaceutical

Netherlands-based AkzoNobel, a leading global paints company, has joined hands with Luxembourg’s Jean Boulle Luxury for the production of aviation grade Sun King Diamond Coating for the private and commercial jet markets.

• AkzoNobel
• Coating

Unilever, the multinational corporation behind brand names like Dove, Bru, and Kwality Wall’s, is attempting to fix some of the damage to the environment caused by its myriad products' plastic packaging as it clogs up landfills and oceans.

• Plastic
• Technology

ExxonMobil Chemical Company said Thursday that it has reached an agreement with Singapore's Jurong Aromatics Corporation Pte. Ltd. to acquire its aromatics plant on Jurong Island.

• ExxonMobil

Dow Chemical Co. is increasing its already major investments in U.S. plastics and petrochemicals.

• Dow
• US
• Investments