Keyword: pigments

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Brenntag to Buy Chinese Distributor Wellstar

29.06.2017 - In a two-step transaction, internationally active German chemical distributor Brenntag plans to acquire all of the shares in specialty chemical distributor Wellstar Enterprises...

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BASF Sells Catalyst Chemicals Unit to EP Minerals

10.04.2017 - BASF has agreed to sell its Bleaching Clay and Mineral Adsorbents businesses to EP Minerals for an undisclosed sum. The deal’s closing is expected for the third quarter, following...

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Lanxess Expands Global Pigments Capacity

04.04.2017 - Germany’s Lanxess is expanding its global production of synthetic iron oxide pigments in order to keep up with increasing demand, particularly in the paints and coatings industry...

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Nexeo Takes DSM Nordics Supply from K.D. Feddersen

06.03.2017 - Major US chemicals distributor Nexeo Solutions has agreed with K.D. Feddersen – a German-based engineering thermoplastics distributor – to acquire inventory and service customers...

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Huntsman Retains Textiles, Names TiO2 Spin-Off

19.01.2017 - US chemical producer Huntsman has reconsidered and decided to exclude the textile effects business from the proposed spin-off of its titanium dioxide (TiO2) division. Last August...

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Ferro Expands Pigments Business

18.10.2016 - US performance materials company Ferro has expanded its pigments business with two acquisitions at a cost of around $60 million. A definitive agreement has been made with Belgium’s...

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Huntsman to Add Textile Effects to TiO2 Split

01.08.2016 - As it prepares to separate from its TiO2 business by the first quarter of 2017, Huntsman said it is planning to include its textile-effects business to the spin-off package to make...

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Huntsman to Close South African TiO2 Plant

11.07.2016 - US-based Huntsman, the world’s largest producer of TiO2, has announced it will close its South African plant during the fourth quarter of 2016. Located in Umbogintwini, the 25,000...