Circular by Design
Seprify, founded by Lukas Schertel and Oliver Polcher, uses cellulose to create sustainable alternatives to TiO₂. The Cambridge spinout’s platform is backed by CTO Wadood Hamad’s expertise.
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Barentz Buys Brazil’s Metachem
Together with its Brazilian joint venture partner Tovani Benzaquen Ingredientes, Dutch distributor Barentz International has bought Metachem Industrial e Comercial and associate Chemtra Comercial Importação e Exportação.
Lotte Ineos to Build Third VAM Plant in Korea
Lotte Ineos Chemical, a joint venture of South Korea’s Lotte Chemical and UK-managed Ineos, has announced plans to increase overall production capacity for vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) to 700,000 t/y from 450,000 t/y currently.
AkzoNobel Spends €20 Million on Improving French Sites
Dutch paints and coatings group AkzoNobel has announced it will spend €20 million to increase and improve production at two of its sites in France, creating around 30 new jobs.
AkzoNobel Hikes China Paints Capacity
Dutch paints and coatings group AkzoNobel has invested an undisclosed sum in a new production line in China for water-based texture paints.
Oxea in Detailed Engineering for US Propanol Unit
Germany-based Oxea has begun detailed engineering on its new propanol plant at Bay City, Texas, in the US, which is scheduled to go on stream at the end of 2017.
Urbanization as a Growth Driver
Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is expanding its global production network for inorganic pigments and building a new plant in China for the Inorganic Pigments business unit. The new facility for high-quality iron oxide red pigments is being erected at a cost of €55 million at the chemical park in Ningbo, on the eastern coast of China.
