Corbion, Total to build €200m PLA bioplastics plant in France
Corbion, a Dutch food and biochemicals company, and French energy company Total revealed plans to construct a new polylactic acid (PLA) bioplastics plant in France ... Read More
Industries Qatar takes full ownership of QAFCO in $1bn deal with QP
Industries Qatar has taken full ownership of Qatar Fertiliser Company (QAFCO), a fertilizer producer, by acquiring the remaining 25% from its joint venture partner Qatar ... Read More
WEKO, Polygiene to offer Polygiene ViralOff spray of microdroplets
WEKO, a German supplier of industrial application systems for surface finishing, has joined forces with Swedish chemicals company Polygiene to offer solutions for applying the ... Read More
Wacker Chemical, H.M. Royal include SILPURAN silicones in partnership
Wacker Chemical, the US subsidiary of German firm Wacker Chemie, and raw materials and product ingredients distributor H.M. Royal have extended their partnership to include ... Read More
Block MEMS wins DHS-CWMD contract for detecting chemical threats on shipped parcels
Block MEMS has bagged a contract from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) for on-the-move standoff detection of ... Read More
Hexion to sell paint manufacturing plant in Yumbo, Colombia
Hexion, an Ohio based thermoset resins manufacturer, has signed a deal to divest its paint manufacturing plant in Yumbo, Colombia to a joint venture led ... Read More
Ascend Performance to acquire Poliblend and Esseti Plast GD from D’Ottavio
Ascend Performance Materials, a Texas-based polyamide 66 resin producer, has agreed to acquire Poliblend and Esseti Plast GD from D’Ottavio Group. As part of the ... Read More
Superior Plus acquires Western Propane Service in Southern California
Canada-based Superior Plus has acquired Western Propane Service, a retail propane distribution company in Southern California for an undisclosed price. Established in 1988, Western Propane ... Read More
BASF to sell construction chemicals business to Lone Star Funds for €3.1bn
German chemical company BASF has agreed to sell its construction chemicals business to an affiliate of private equity firm Lone Star Funds in an all-cash ... Read More
Vitol takes full ownership in asphalt trading business VALT
Vitol has taken full ownership in asphalt trading business VALT after acquiring the remaining 50% stake it previously didn’t own from its joint venture partner ... Read More