Axalta Coating Systems has received certification in accordance with NSF/ANSI 61: Drinking Water System Components – Health Effects standards for its Abcite thermoplastic powder coatings, which are used in a wide variety of industrial ...
BASF will increase its production capacities for the chemical intermediate 1,4-butanediol (BDO) by 10 percent at its site in Geismar, Louisiana, as of 2016. The company will then have a global capacity of BDO of 670,000 metric tons per ...
Tags: customer demand, natural gas, Construction
Green Biologics (GBL) has announced the closing of an internal follow-on equity round of $42 million co-led by Swire Pacific Limited (HKEX: 00019/00087) and Sofinnova Partners. Existing investors Capricorn Venture Partners, Oxford Capital ...
For coatings producers one of the big benefits of the sharp fall in oil prices in the second half of last year (2014) should be a drop in raw material costs. Some commentators are also predicting a rise in demand due to the effect of ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Raw materials, Construction
As an industry, manufacturing has multiple ways of defining hazards and even more ways of communicating about those hazards. Designed to create a worldwide standard, the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labeling of ...
Thailand based and global fibres and petrochemicals producer, Indorama Ventures (IVL) is pulling out of an agreement to acquire SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (SASA) in Turkey. In a Thailand stock exchange filing, Indorama said both sides have ...
Tags: DMT, staple fibers, filament yarns, Textile
CNX Distribution, a specialty chemical supplier of additives, resins, pigments and equipment with headquarters in Hurst, TX has appointed Derek Herald as Business Development Manager. Based in Atlanta, GA, Herald will be responsible for ...
Oeko-Tex Association has as usual updated the applicable test criteria and limit values for product certification in accordance with Oeko-Tex Standard 100 at the start of the new year. After a three month transition period, the new ...
Tags: decoration materials, OEKO system, Textile
The National Advertising Division has recommended that Sawyer Products, Inc., discontinue certain claims for the company’s point-of-use water filter products, although NAD determined the company could support the claim that its ...
Faisalabad-based textile exporters were invited to participate in an upcoming international event of Turkey-World Trade Bridge-2015 being held in March 17-18, 2015 at Istanbul, Turkey. The trade show is expected to offer Pakistani ...
Tags: ready-made garments, textiles, home textiles, Textile
Manufacturer and marketer of specialty chemicals, Archroma said it has added its portfolio of ZDHC MRSL compliant chemicals and dyes to its pioneering One Way Sustainability Calculator. According to Archroma, this will give textile ...
Tags: chemical product, waste water, Textile
President Barack Obama signed into law H.R. 4007, the Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014. The law reauthorizes the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism ...
Tags: tiering methodology, Construction
MeadWestvaco Corporation has announced that its board of directors has approved a plan to fully separate its Specialty Chemicals business from the rest of the company. The separation is expected to be executed by means of a tax-free spinoff ...
The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposed settlement with several companies to address the Pohatcong Valley Groundwater Contamination Superfund site in Warren County, New Jersey. ...
Thomas Blaige, chairman and CEO of Blaige & Co., will lead-off activities on Thursday, February 12 at ICE USA 2015 with a keynote address titled, “Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way: Global Consolidation in Flexible Packaging.” ...