Company Dynamic

The Sherwin-Williams Company has announced it has received regulatory approval from the United States Federal Trade Commission  and the Canadian Competition Bureau to complete its acquisition of The Valspar Corporation.

• Sherwin-Williams
• Valspar

OPSC shut the 750kta PTA unit unexpectedly yesterday.

• PTA
• Shutdown

China's Sinopec and German chemicals giant BASF on Thursday said they would nearly double production of food preservative propionic acid at a site in east China's Nanjing.

• Food
• Preservative
• BASF
• Sinopec

PPG Industries is retreating from its attempt to take over AkzoNobel after repeated refusals to negotiate by the Dutch chemicals company.

• PPG
• AkzoNobel

Midland-based Dow Chemical has announced a major move as part of a $400 million investment at its Michigan Operations...

• Dow

Novartis AG Chief Executive Officer Joe Jimenez said he expects President Donald Trump’s administration to outline proposals to lower the burden of drug prices on patients within three months.

• Drug
• Medicine
• Price

Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., (Sawai) and Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC (Upsher-Smith) today announced that Sawai,

• Acquisition
• Pharmaceutical

Valspar on Wednesday reported lower profits in its final quarterly earnings report as an independent public company. on Wednesday reported lower profits in its final quarterly earnings report as an independent public company.

• Valspar

The Dow Chemical Co. is moving a silicones, sealants and adhesives plant from Greensboro, North Carolina, to its Michigan Operations manufacturing site in Midland.

• Dow

Axalta Coating Systems has announced the growth of its Global Services Center in Asturias, Spain.

• Coating
• Paints

The company now operates six powder coatings sites in the China region, while a seventh – the biggest powder coatings plant in the world – is currently being constructed in Changzhou.

• Paint
• AkzoNobel

Revision Military Ltd. has a long-term contract to make a new generation of ultra-high-molecular polyethylene helmets for the U.S. Army.

• UHMWPE
• Polyethylene

Through shared company values, Manchester based companies, HMG Paints, Taylor Fay Homes and Macmillan Cancer Support have come together to show how businesses can utilise their core business activities to make a huge

• Paints

Berger Paints has decided to strengthen its industrial paints business and grow inorganically through the acquisition of Chandigarh-based niche paint maker Saboo Coatings for a cash consideration of Rs 81.77 crore.

• Paints

A performance coating is a product finish that upgrades a surface to enhance its appearance or longevity.

• Coating
• AkzoNobel

German petrochemical company Evonik's recent force-majeure as a result of a fire at the Antwerp, Belgium complex was expected to have little impact on spot methyl tertiary butyl ether markets in the near term, sources said.

• MTBE
• Evonik

According to a statement released today by Austria’s Wittmann Group, the period of unbroken growth exhibited by the group since 2009, continued in 2016. Sales increased 5% year-over-year to reach € 377 million – solidly reaching the target set.

• Wittmann

Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com told CNBC-TV18, "In Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) Rs 530 becomes a kind of a trailing stoploss. Given the size of the move yesterday, I won’t be surprised if you get Rs 625-650 on HPCL."

• Reliance
• India

Phillips CarbonBSE 3.55 % Black (PCBL), part of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka group, reported a higher profit after tax of Rs 28.14 crore for the fourth-quarter (Q4) ended March 31, 2017, compared to a Rs 2.73 crore net earned in the ...

• Carbon
• Profit

Kent Miller From left: Hans Wobbe, Yizumi's chief strategy officer; James Zhang, general manager of the injection molding machine division and global business development center; and CEO Richard Yan.

• Rubber
• Foaming