BASF's Master Builders Solutions experts have developed a new generation of polymers designed to provide significant improvements in the rheological properties of concrete. Advanced concrete mixes often demonstrate a higher viscosity due to ...
Tags: Construction Chemicals, BASF, Decoration
Global packaging and paper group Mondi has agreed to acquire two extrusion coating facilities from Walki Group for EUR60m. The transaction includes Walki's industrial packaging facilities in Pietarsaari, Finland and Wroclaw, Poland. ...
Tags: paper packaging, Packaging
NatureWorks said it has unveiled a new initiative to support the growth of the additive manufacturing market and its move to support the 3D market comprehensively, is based on a three pronged approach. “It includes the introduction ...
Tags: 3D printing, additive market
From now on the MasterTop and MasterSeal products from the Master Builders Solutions product range will also be tinted locally at BASF sites in Germany, Czech Republic and Italy. So far, local tinting hubs only existed in Finland, England, ...
The new Master Builders Solutions Training Center at BASF´s site in Oldenburg, Germany, has been officially opened. The opening ceremony took place in the presence of Ralf Spettmann, President of BASF´s Construction Chemicals ...
In 2014, although sales fell marginally, operating result or EBITA more than doubled as compared to the previous year at the Logwin Group. In a press release, Logwin Group said EBITA surged to €25.1 million in financial year 2014 as ...
Tags: Logwin Group, Textile
Asian Paints Ltd. has announced its financial results for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2014. “We registered single-digit volume growth in the decorative paint segment in India due to sluggish demand conditions," ...
US based consumer goods and farm products company Calavo Growers has recorded an increase of 5.3% in revenue during the fourth quarter of 2014. US based consumer goods and farm products company Calavo Growers has recorded an increase of ...
Tags: consumer goods, Agriculture
Electric vehicle charging solution provider AeroVironment has unveiled TurboDock, an EV charging station for commercial space that can be managed through a smartphone app. TurboDock is easy to configure and a single entity like an ...
Tags: smartphone app, electrical service, Auto
CHS, an energy, grains, and foods company and the nation's leading farmer-owned cooperative, has purchased a 25% share of West Central, a full-service wholesale distributor headquartered in Willmar, Minnesota. "Investing in West Central ...
Grupo Herdez has agreed to acquire Nestlé’s ice cream business in Mexico, Helados Nestlé, for around MXN1bn ($68.7m). The acquisition covers an ice cream manufacturing facility in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, as well ...
Tags: Ice Cream, equipment, freezers, Agriculture
Eastman Chemical Company has completed the acquisition of Commonwealth Laminating & Coating, Inc. The acquired business is part of Eastman’s Advanced Materials business segment, and is expected to be accretive to 2015 earnings ...
Tags: Laminating, Coating, Construction
NYSE-listed and global marketer of everyday basic apparel HanesBrands said it has delivered three consecutive quarters of double-digit growth in net sales, adjusted operating profit and adjusted EPS. The innerwear and garment marketer ...
Tags: Double-Digit Growth, Net sales, Apparel
Ashland Inc, a manufacturer of specialty chemical solutions, said it has hired William Wulfsohn as its new CEO, who replaces James O'Brien, who retires at the end of December. Wulfsohn, 52, brings nearly 30 years of world-class chemicals ...
Tags: specialty alloys, powder metal stainless steels, Textile
Flexible packaging supplier Bemis Company has announced the sale of its global pressure sensitive materials business, MACtac to Platinum Equity for $170m. Bemis, that specialises in producing pressure sensitive materials for food, ...
Tags: pressure sensitive materials, MACtac business, Agriculture