Edge Adhesives Holdings was formed by Superior Capital Partners for the acquisition of adhesive and sealant firm Q'So....
Acquisition of Polartech includes manufacturing sites in China, India, and the U.S., Afton says....
Showa Denko says its Zhejiang Quzhou Juhua Showa Electronic Chemical Materials (Quzhou, China) joint venture is building a 5000-m.t./year high-purity cyclohexanone plant at Quzhou, and the plant is expected to begin commercial production in August 2010...
Negotiations are under way for Lanxess to acquire Eliokem....
Arch Chemicals says it will incorporate Syngenta's Sporgard fungicide into its biocides for paints, coatings, and other building products....
Under the terms of the amended agreement, Martek will be Danone's exclusive supplier of ARA for all of its infant formula and growing-up milk products through at least December 31, 2014, extending the current agreement by three years....
RPM International says its Rust-Oleum subsidiary has acquired speciatly coatings firm Chemtec Chemicals (Rotterdam, the Netherlands)....
Lanxess says it has completed the first phase of construction of its previously announced new site at Jhagadia, in the state of Gujarat, India, and that it has started production at the new rubber chemicals plant at the site. Lanxess is developing the site at...
Global sales of carbon black are forecast to rise 4.3%/year to 11.6 million m.t. in 2013, according to a report by Freedonia Group (Cleveland, OH), a market research firm. Gains will be exaggerated to some extent by the fact that growth will be rising off a...