As of 1 July 2015, the Hamburg-based German Albis Plastic GmbH is the official marketing parter of Lucite International for Diakon and Elvakon PMMA in Switzerland.

French speciality chemicals distributor Safic-Alcan has acquired a majority stake of 75 % in ChemSpec, Ltd., a distributor focused on the rubber and adhesives business, based in Akron, OH, USA.

R. D. Abbott Company, Inc. (RDA) has signed a new distribution agreement with the Tire and Specialty Rubber (TSR) business unit of Lanxess Corporation, expanding their working relationship to the entire USA, effective from 1 July 2015.

Versalis Pacific Trading (Shanghai), a wholly owned Chinese subsidiary of Versalis (Eni), has signed a SBR sales agreement with Reliance Industries Ltd. Under the terms of the agreement, Versalis will sell in China a part of the ESBR produced by Reliance at its new 140,000 t/y plant in Hazira, India.

Vencorex has appointed Ravago Chemicals as new distributor for Central Eastern Europe (excluding Poland) for its Tolonate and Easaqua ranges of aliphatic isocyanates.

Stepan has appointed Dowd and Guild Inc. as its exclusive distributor for liquid polyester polyol products sold into the coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE) industries for the Western and Southwestern USA.

Nordmann, Rassmann’s (NRC) portfolio features a number of liquid polyols for various applications from long-standing supplier Perstorp AB.

The German company Küttner GmbH in Römerberg/Speyer, which was acquired in January 2013 by Biesterfeld Plastic GmbH, will act as an independent business segment within Biesterfeld Plastic GmbH in the future.