The use of biomaterials and more benign chemicals in coatings in Europe is accelerating as whole supply chains give greater priority to sustainablity, particularly as a means of protecting the environment. At the same time, however, ...
Tags: standards for biomaterials, sustainability of products
CBPE Capital (“CBPE”) is pleased to announce an investment in Allied Glass Containers (“Allied”), the leading manufacturer of premium glass bottles and containers for the food and drink market. Terms of the ...
Tags: CBPE, glass, Allied, manufacturer
Eastern Europe used to be regarded by Western European coatings producers as the buoyant market on their doorstep – in which demand could be depended upon to boost their sales especially at times of sluggish domestic growth. Now, ...
Tags: Eastern Europe, Coatings
SK innovation, one of the world's leading energy and petrochemical companies, and LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, announced an agreement to develop a new process technology for the production of 1,3 ...
Tags: SK&Lanztech, Butadiene Technology
At this year's IDA the speciality chemicals company is planning to present the RO membrane elements in its Lewabrane series. At this year's IDA (International Desalination Association) World Congress, which is being held in Tianjin, China, ...
The outlook for coatings producers in Europe has suddenly brightened after prospects for higher sales and profits appeared to be gloomy earlier in the year. The financial results of some leading players among coatings producers and raw ...
Tags: Construction, Coatings
LANXESS AG has completed the move of its Group headquarters from Leverkusen to Cologne. With its approximately 1,000 employees, it now occupies the LANXESS Tower at Kennedyplatz 1 in the district of Deutz. The speciality chemicals company ...
Tags: water treatment, resins
Certification systems for verifying the sources of biobased raw materials and their content in finished products are already operating in the agriculture and food sectors in Europe. Now they are beginning to be introduced into the ...
Tags: Coatings, Construction, Chemicals
List prices for INEOS ChlorVinyls caustic soda are to increase by Euro 35 per dry metric tonne with effect from 1st July 2013. INEOS is a global manufacturer of petrochemicals, speciality chemicals and oil products. It comprises 15 ...
Tags: Textile
Croda International Plc has announced that it has completed the acquisition of the specialty products business of Arizona Chemical of Jacksonville, FL, US. The acquisition brings Croda a portfolio of leading oil gelling polymers, further ...
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Swiss speciality chemicals company Clariant has introduced a new perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)-free grease resistant additive, 'Cartaguard KHI' for safer food papers and board. The additive makes paper grease resistant without releasing ...
A growing trend among industrial companies is to develop strategies for giving priority to specific customer sectors rather than types of products. European companies offering both coatings and speciality chemicals have been becoming ...
Tags: Coatings, Construction
Speciality chemicals company LANXESS is expanding its business in Leverkusen with solutions for water treatment. At its largest site worldwide, LANXESS is investing around EUR 10 million in a new production line for weakly acidic cation ...
Tags: LANXESS, ion exchange, water treatment, Exchange Resins business
Lanxess, a Germany-based speciality chemicals group, is planning many chemical production projects in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. Lanxess vice president and managing director Elie Saad was quoted by MEED as saying that the ...
Tags: Lanxess, chemicals operations, chemicals
Speciality chemicals company Lanxess is now offering three new types of Lewabrane membrane separation elements for reverse osmosis. The new products are available now for waters with strong fouling potential. The new membranes have a ...
Tags: Lanxess, Lewabrane membrane separation, everse osmosis