Company Dynamic

Texas-based Huntsman Corp. and Switzerland’s Clariant AG have agreed to join forces in a merger of equals, continuing a trend of aggressive deal-making in the chemicals industry.

• Huntsman
• Clariant

A Russian plastics packaging company is planning to establish a new production unit to turn out food containers in the Sergiyev Posad district just north of Moscow.

• Packaging
• Russia

French robotics supplier Sepro Group has announced an €11m expansion of its operations in France and the US following four years of “record-setting” sales growth. 

• Sepro
• Expansion

Dutch specialty chemicals company AkzoNobel and Atul Ltd, a part of Lalbhai Group, have formally agreed the joint venture partnership announced last year for the production of monochloroacetic acid (MCA) in India.

• AkzoNobel
• Monochloroacetic
• Acid

Covestro is lifting force majeure for polymeric MDI in its Europe, Middle East, Africa business region with immediate effect, the materials company announced 22 May.

• MDI

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Cosmetic Ingredients Market 2017-2021" report to their offering.

• Cosmetics

Axalta to Supply Coating and Finishing Products for Collision Repair and Till Paint Will Manage the Relationship at Alan's Collision Center in NE Philadelphia.

• Paint
• Coating
• AXTA

German industrial gases group Linde (LING.DE) and U.S. peer Praxair (PX.N) have reached a deal in principle on details of their proposed $70 billion merger, Linde said on Wednesday.

• Linde
• Merger

It includes 50 licences in Denmark, Norway and the UK and 100,000 barrels of oil equivalents per day.

• Ineos

PPG's automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) color styling team in China created two distinctive colors of waterborne coatings for BYD that the Chinese automaker featured on vehicles unveiled during Auto Shanghai 2017.

• Coating
• PPG

ICI Pakistan Limited has announced that on Monday the Company executed Asset Purchase Agreements with Wyeth Pakistan Limited and Pfizer Pakistan Limited, for the acquisition of certain assets at the aggregate purchase price of Rs. 1.91 billion.

• ICI
• Pakistan
• Wyeth

AkzoNobel has opened a Performance Coatings production facility in Santo André, Brazil, which will enable the company to be more agile in responding to local customer needs and regional market demands.

• Coating
• AkzoNobel
• South America

The Dow Chemical Company today signed two agreements to advance the Company’s strategic, innovation agenda in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) which will bring leading...

• Dow
• Coating

Huntsman Corporation and Switzerland’s Clariant are set to unveil a $14bn all-stock cross-border merger on Monday, in a transaction that will allow the two speciality chemicals companies to form a formidable industry challenger.

• Huntsman

LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB), one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies, has broken ground on the first commercial Hyperzone polyethylene (PE) plant at its La Porte, Texas, complex.

• LyondellBasell
• PE

AkzoNobel’s ongoing efforts to make shipping more sustainable reached another landmark recently with the 1,000th application of Intersleek 1100SR

• Coating
• Sustainable
• AkzoNobel

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.