The Western Asian Arab country of Kuwait’s state owned petrochemical firm, Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) is expecting an annual 46 percent increase in its production capacity after the initiation of new strategic projects for ...
Specialty chemical manufacturer Albemarle Corp of Baton Rouge, LA, USA has expanded its presence in the electronic materials market by acquiring UK-based Cambridge Chemical Company Ltd, which produces high-purity metal-organic (MO) ...
Tags: Albemarle MOCVD, Electrical, Electronics
Superior Materials, Inc. with headquarters in Garden City, NY, an established specialty chemical distributor/agent has added Michele Knox to its sales and marketing team. Knox has recently joined Superior Materials in the role of New ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
The 2013 Polyurethanes Technical Conference, hosted by Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), is fast approaching. The conference will take place Sept. 23 to 25 at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown ...
Tags: Icynene, Construction, Chemicals
FMC Corporation has appointed Thomas Schneberger vice president, global business director of Alkali Chemicals. He will manage the specialty chemical company's global alkali business, the leading producer of soda ash in North America. Most ...
Global specialty chemical company Eastman Chemical has announced plans to expand Tritan capacity from 60 thousand metric tons to 76 thousand metric tons at its Kingsport facility in Tennessee, US by mid-2014. The new-generation ...
FMC Corporation, one of the world’s leading specialty chemical companies, has released its second quarter results and vision 2015 outlook. The highlights of the second quarter results of FMC Corporation show a dip in the ...
Tags: Soda Ash, Export Pricing
Clariant, a leading specialty chemical company, announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Connell Brothers, the largest marketer and distributor of specialty chemicals and industrial ingredients in Asia Pacific, to market ...
Tags: Clariant Additives, Textile
Mallard Creek Polymers, (MCP) continues to expand the markets for the company’s extensive product line of Acrylic Polymer Emulsions. The most recent success comes from Performance Coatings R&D and sales personnel focus on new ...
Tags: Acrylic Polymer, Textile
Pilot Chemical Company announced the completion of its largest infrastructure investment in the company’s history at its Middletown, Ohio facility. The capital improvements and enhancements to the facility support the company’s ...
Tags: Pilot Chemical, Textile
The Texas Operations of Eastman Chemical Company has received the 2012 "Sustained Excellence in Caring for Texas" award from the Texas Chemical Council (TCC.) Eastman was one of two Sustained recipients among TCC member facilities with more ...
Tags: Textile
Switzerland-based specialty chemical producer Clariant has added TexCare SRA 300 F soil-release polymer for powdered detergents to its TexCare product line. Clariant reports the polymer enhances the ability of the detergent to remove soils ...
Adhesives provider HB Fuller has finalized the previously announced acquisition of Brazil-based chemical polyurethane specialties and polyester resins provider Plexbond Química for an undisclosed sum. HB Fuller president and CEO ...
Eastman Chemical Company has released its 2013 Sustainability Progress Report, an overview of achievements and areas for continued improvement experienced since the publication of its 2011 Sustainability Report, “Connecting Science ...
Tags: America, Chemicals, Eastman Chemical
Evonik Industries recently awarded Chem-Materials Company their Distributor of the Year award for highest percentage sales growth in 2012. This award is based on sales growth generated over the past three years. The award was presented on ...
Tags: Evonik, Chem-Matrerials