Articles Tagged with ''resins and base polymers''

This weekly roundup highlights the adhesives, sealants and coatings news stories that garnered the most attention during the previous week.

Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. has selected the city of Curitiba in Parana, Brazil, as the location for its next forest products manufacturing facility.

VanDeMark Chemical Inc. recently announced it has acquired Framochem Kft, a leading European-based manufacturer of phosgene products.

Exxon Mobil Corp. recently announced that Patrick T. Mulva, vice president and controller, plans to retire on September 1.

Huntsman Corp. recently announced it experienced an unplanned manufacturing disruption on a production unit at its facility in Port Neches, Texas.

Novomer Inc. recently announced it has appointed Reschem Italia S.p.A. its authorized distributor of Converge^® polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polyols in Italy.

The global UV-curable resin market, along with its end products, has seen significant growth in the past few years.

AkzoNobel recently announced it has expanded its partnership with Solazyme Inc., a renewable oil and bioproducts company.

A new liquid silicone rubber can be used for the production of automotive gaskets.

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc. recently announced that on August 8 it received notice from LCY Chemical Corp. that LCY had exercised its right to terminate the Combination Agreement between Kraton and LCY.