Cancarb Limited, a subsidiary of Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd., has announced the appointment of Copci sas as its new authorised distributor for Thermax thermal carbon black in France, effective from 15 February 2018.

Ineos Styrolution announced that it has significantly expanded its distribution agreements with Albis Plastic and the Ultrapolymers Group in Europe.

Polytek Development Corp. recently announced the acquisition of Raw Material Suppliers, a distributor of RTV silicone, urethane, mould release, and adhesive products with headquarters in San Marcos, CA, USA.

The Hamburg-based German company Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH (NRC) has acquired 100 % of the shares in Melrob Group Holdings Ltd., a speciality chemicals distribution company headquartered in Crawley, UK. Financial details were not disclosed.

The Korean company Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. has signed an agreement with Azelis Morocco for the distribution of its range of products in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.

As of 1 January 2017, Krahn Chemie is distributing the precipitated silica products from PPG in Poland.

Effective from 1 March 2017, Albis Polska Sp. z o.o., part of Albis Plastic GmbH, has been appointed as an authorised distributor of the polyolefins range from Basell Orlen Polyolefins Sprzedaz Sp. z o.o. (BOPS) for small and medium companies on the Polish market.

3M and IMCD N.V. have extended their long-standing cooperation to Austria and Switzerland.

Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH (NRC) and Faci S.p.A have started a new partnership on 1 January 2017, in which NRC has taken over the distribution of a number metallic soaps, e.g., calcium stearate, zinc stearate, magnesium stearate, sodium stearate, and aluminium stearate as well as other additives from Faci in Germany.

The German company NGS Elastomer GmbH announced that it is now distributing 16 different fluorosilicone standard grades (fluorosilicone base) from the Chinese producer Weihai New Era Chemical Co. Ltd. in Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and France.