Chemical firm BASF and SoloPower Systems of Portland, OR, USA, which designs, manufactures and deploys copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) flexible thin-film solar technology, have launched a seamless and multi-layered roofing system ...
BASF has inaugurated its new production plant for concrete admixtures in Lagos, Nigeria. The production site is BASF’s answer to the increasing demand for construction chemicals in western Africa. BASF produces standard and ...
Supporting the increasing demand for ecologically sound and user friendly products, BASF commissioned a new production plant for form release agents that is among the most advanced and most efficient in Europe. Opened at the company’s ...
Tags: chemicals, coating, BASF, paint pigment
BASF inaugurated its world-scale production complex for acrylic acid, butyl acrylate and superabsorbent polymers in Camaçari, Bahia, Brazil. These are the first plants for acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers in South America. ...
Tags: Acrylic Acid, BASF, polymers
Wacker Chemie AG has started up a new specialty monomer plant with a yearly capacity of 3,800 metric tons at its Burghausen facility in Germany. "The specialty monomers; vinyl neodecanoate and vinyl laurate are key raw materials in the ...
Tags: Textile
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
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 ...
Tags: Glass Packaging, Packaging
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 ...
Registration is now open for the longest-running polyurethanes conference in North America. The 2015 Polyurethanes Technical Conference, hosted by the Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council, brings ...
Tags: Industrial Coatings, Construction Chemicals, Construction
BYK Additives & Instruments is launching a new additive on the market: BYK-1640 is a polymer-based, VOC- and silicone-free defoamer for aqueous systems which is also suitable for some applications that come into direct contact with food. ...
U.S. demand for construction chemicals used in on-site applications is projected to grow 8.2 percent per year through 2018 to $12.1 billion. Gains will be primarily driven by double-digit increases in building construction expenditures, ...
Tags: US Demand, Construction Chemicals, Chemicals
US demand for construction chemicals used in on-site applications is projected to grow 8.2 percent per year through 2018 to $12.1 billion. Gains will be primarily driven by double-digit increases in building construction expenditures, ...
BASF’s new European competence center for flooring and waterproofing systems at Oldenburg, Germany, is now fully operational. Manufacture of the Masters Builders Solutions products has been relocated from Schaffhausen, Switzerland. ...
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 ...
BASF started operations in a new emulsion polymers plant at its integrated Verbund site in Freeport, Texas. The acrylic emulsion polymers manufactured at this new plant are used for architectural coatings, construction chemicals, adhesives ...
Tags: architectural coatings, construction chemicals, Construction