Specialty chemicals group Altana has acquired NuLabel Technologies, which develops engineering and material science solutions to enhance packaging design using less material. The companies have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. ...
Sheetfed offset printing presses manufacturer KBA-Sheetfed has partnered with specialty chemicals group Altana’s subsidiary Actega Coatings & Sealants in the field of inline finishing. The partnership will ensure the availability of ...
Switzerland-based specialty chemicals group Clariant’s Healthcare Packaging business unit has launched new desiccant canisters to help enhance packaging safety. The new canisters with red labeling are designed to help differentiate ...
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Malaysia's Petronas Chemicals Group said Tuesday that it has acquired three companies involved in the Refinery and Petrochemicals Integrated Development, or RAPID, project at Pengerang, Johor, from Petronas Refinery and Petrochemical Corp. ...
Tags: Malaysia's Petronas Chemicals, acquisition, petrochemical products
Bluestar Silicones has announced an enhancement its distribution network in India and signed an agreement with Grasim Industries Ltd. for the distribution of its full range of silicone products. Grasim Industries Ltd. is a flagship company ...
BASF and PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) will build a new world-scale production plant for highly reactive polyisobutene (HR-PIB) at the site of their existing joint venture, BASF PETRONAS Chemicals Sdn Bhd, in Kuantan, Malaysia. ...
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Packaging company Ardagh is almost said to have completed its €3bn acquisition of the glass packaging unit of Saint Gobain. Saint Gobain has been considering the sale of Verallia to focus on higher-margin home and construction ...
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In 2014, specialty chemicals group Lanxess said it substantially improved its operating result and net income in a challenging market and competitive environment. Although sales declined slightly by 3.5 per cent to around €8 ...
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Specialty chemicals Group Altana has acquired two companies in Brazil. As a result, the Actega division now has its own sites in South America's largest country. Both of the acquired companies are owner-operated and headquartered in the ...
Tags: packaging industry, overprint varnishes, printing inks, Construction
Munich-based chemicals group Wacker has reorganized its silicone distribution business in the Nordic countries. As of March 1, 2015, Lindberg & Lund Oy AB, a subsidiary of the Norwegian chemicals distributor Lindberg & Lund AS, will market ...
France-based Saint-Gobain is in the process of putting its glass packaging unit Verallia up for sale to focus on higher-margin home and construction products, with Ardagh confirming that it is monitoring the sale of the unit. The company ...
In the third quarter ending September 30, 2014, higher sales volume of high margin ethane-based products, helped net profit at Petronas Chemicals climb 4.1 percent, from a year ago quarter. Net profit in the third quarter of 2014 rose to ...
Munich-based Wacker chemicals group has developed a thermally conductive adhesive for electronics applications. This new silicone rubber, SEMICOSIL 975 TC, is characterized by high thermal conductivity and good flow and processing ...
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Specialty chemicals group LANXESS is strengthening its production network in China to meet the high level of demand for iron oxide pigments and is adding a mixing and milling plant to the pigment plant already under construction in Ningbo. ...
Tags: Iron Oxide, Red Pigments
As part of its US expansion strategy, catalyst specialist Umicore has entered into a long-term agreement to recycle cobalt-containing hard metals scrap from Global Tungsten and Powders Corp (GTP) to produce cobalt fine powders. GTP is a ...
Tags: Umicore, GTP, Electrical