07.07.2017
- Major chemical distributor Univar has extended its exclusive agreement in Italy with ester chemistry specialist Hallstar to include five additional countries or regions – Spain...
20.03.2017
- BASF is spending more than €200 million on expanding its production network for plastic additives. In its latest move, the German group said it will build a 42,000 t/y world-scale...
25.04.2016
- Solvay plans to build additional capacity for hydroquinone (HQ) in China to go on stream in 2018. The investment is being made by its aroma performance global business unit which...
26.11.2014
- On August 1, 2014, Songwon's acquisition of the specialty chemicals business of Indian company SeQuent Scientific, which includes the polymer stabilizer business, the production...
24.04.2014
- In a deal set to close later this year, Schenectady, New York-based SI Group, a leading producer of phenolic resins, alkylphenolic resins and akylkated phenols, plans to acquire...
19.03.2014
- Addivant has announced the completion of the first phase of capacity expansions at Gulf Stabilizers Industries (GSI), the company's joint venture in Al Jubaïl, Saudi Arabia. Once...
20.08.2013
- Eight years ago, the family-owned Korean additives and specialty chemical producer Songwon made a bold decision to pursue a new strategy for extending the company's focus beyond...
05.07.2013
- Germany's Rhein Chemie, a subsidiary of specialty chemicals producer Lanxess, has opened its first Russian production facility. The new 1,500 t/y plant at Lipetsk will manufacture...
