Asahi Kasei Chemicals announced it will expand production capacity at its Nantong plant in Jiangsu, China, for Duranate hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI)-based ...

Dynea Oy announced the creation of the new company Dynea North, focusing on the speciality wood adhesives market in Europe.

The European research and construction project BuildTog (Building Together) has entered into its construction phase with two adaptations in Darmstadt, Germany, ...

Myriant Corporation, a global renewable chemicals company based in the USA, has signed a distribution agreement with Hamburg, Germany-based BCD Chemie, a ...

Magna International Inc. announced that its Magna Exteriors and Interiors (MEI) operating unit has expanded its footprint in Europe by opening a new ...

According to a Freedonia market study, issued in February 2013, world demand for flame retardant additives will rise 5.4 % per year to 2.6 million t in 2016. ...

The newly formed Energy Efficient Foam Coalition (EEFC), part of the American Chemistry Council, is opposing two building code proposals that would side-step ...

On 10 April 2013, Bostik, a subsidiary of Total, officially inaugurated its new manufacturing plant in Changshu, China. The plant, which started up late 2012, ...

Shell announced that it will build new petrochemicals production units on Jurong Island, Singapore, to supply customers in the region. The new units will be ...

Perstorp Holding AB has sold its formaldehyde technology and catalyst business Formox AB to Johnson Matthey Plc for SEK 1.05 billion (~ EUR 126 million).

Recticel Limited (UK) announced its intention to streamline its Flexible Foams converting activities in the United Kingdom, resulting in the potential closure ...

Vivion, Inc. has joined with Baulé USA LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bayer MaterialScience, to distribute the company's Cast Polyurethane Systems line of ...

Dow Chemical recently announced it is planning to sell assets worth nearly USD 1.5 billion over the next 18 months and has already identified two business units ...

To meet the growing market demands in the Pearl River Delta and Southeast Asia, Yantai Wanhua announced it will invest in Southern China to build multiple ...

PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC), Thailand's largest petrochemical producer, plans to lift its return on invested capital (ROIC) ratio to 15% within a decade from ...

Iran--one of the world's major petrochemical producers--plans to build a new petrochemical hub in the southeastern port city of Chabahar, Deputy Oil Minister ...

The government said Thursday (4 Apr. 2013) that it will introduce a “three strikes and you’re out” regulation on chemical accidents, urging companies to tighten ...

The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced the call for entries for its 2013 Polyurethane Innovation ...

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced 2 Apr. 2013 that its technology has been selected to produce key petrochemicals in a new complex in Brunei.

Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) announced the successful closing of the sukuk (Islamic bonds) issued through its subsidiary Sadara Basic Services Company ...

Ter Hell & Co. GmbH has signed a distribution agreement with Evonik Industries AG. This agreement names Ter Hell as Evonik’s exclusive distributor for the ...

Walki Group announced that it will expand its production network in Europe by opening a new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Wroclaw, Poland. The new ...

Purac, a subsidiary of CSM, and Perstorp have announced a research and business development partnership for caprolactone lactide co-product, for amongst others ...