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Milliken & Company announces intent to acquire Borchers from The Jordan Company

Milliken reports that the company has signed an agreement to acquire Borchers Group Limited.

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Synthomer receives European Commission clearance for Omnova acquisition

Synthomer has received the conditional clearance from the European Commission regarding its proposed acquisition of Omnova Solutions.

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Lone Star Funds to acquire BASF’s Construction Chemicals business

BASF and an affiliate of Lone Star signed a purchase agreement for the acquisition of BASF’s Construction Chemicals business.

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Bodo Möller Chemie opens another production facility in Egypt

With the opening of a new production facility, Bodo Möller Chemie expands its production volume at the Egypt location.

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Siegwerk opens Europe’s largest fully automated production plant for printing inks

Siegwerk, a supplier of printing inks for packaging applications and labels, has opened a new fully automated system for the production of customer inks at its headquarters in Siegburg.

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Songwon opens technical service coating lab in South Korea

Songwon, a manufacturer of polymer stabilisers, starts a new technical service coating lab at its manufacturing facility in Maeam, South Korea.

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Sika opens mortar plant in Ethiopia

Sika is starting the operations of a new mortar plant at its existing site in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, thus expanding its portfolio of locally manufactured products.

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BASF to double production capacity of automotive refinish coatings in China

BASF will continue to invest in its coatings site in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province in South China, by constructing a new facility for automotive refinish coatings that will start production in the first...

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Chembid expands activities in Indian chemicals market

Chembid, the world's largest meta-search engine for chemicals and plastics, plans to expand its activities in India in 2020.

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Brenntag North America opens new Technology & Innovation Center

Brenntag North America, part of the Brenntag Group, global distributor of chemical and ingredients, announces the grand opening of its new Coatings & Construction Technology & Innovation Center...

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BASF commences its smart Verbund project in China

BASF officially launched its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China, and commenced building its first plants.

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Akzo Nobel expands US wood coatings site

Akzo Nobel digs in to launch EUR 50 million investment in its US wood coatings site at High Point, North Carolina.

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Chemetall completes expansion of its production site in Germany

The Surface Treatment global business unit of BASF’s Coatings division, operating under the Chemetall brand, has inaugurated a new laboratory and office building in Langelsheim, Germany.

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Evonik invests in organic dispersions for heat sealing applications

Evonik Industries is expanding its capacities for organic dispersions for heat sealing applications in Darmstadt (Germany).