Franklin International, a Columbus, OH-based manufacturer of glues, adhesives and sealants, has launched a new company and plant in Guangzhou to be closer to an increasing number of customers in

Dow Biocides, a business group of The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow), has announced the cancellation of ALL off-list prices for all glutaraldehyde products and grades, effective April 1, 2008, or

Pilot Chemical recently executed agreements to acquire the business aspects of Intertrade Holdings Inc. Intertrade is a chemical manufacturer of sulfonated products located in Copperhill, TN. With this acquisition, Pilot

Henkel has taken over from Akzo Nobel the Adhesives and Electronic Materials businesses previously owned by National Starch. "This acquisition represents a milestone in our 130-plus-year corporate history and points

IMin Partners has announced the purchase of the Kaolin business of Huber Engineered Materials, which has been renamed KaMin LLC. The company, which supplies high-quality kaolin products to paper and

Against the background of changing market conditions, especially with regard to ever-stronger competition and increasing cost pressure, the Management Board of Henkel KGaA has established the basics of an efficiency

Specialty chemicals group LANXESS has announced plans to build a butyl rubber production plant in Singapore with an annual capacity of up to 100,000 metric tons. It is due to

The National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA) and the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement that outlines the details of a prospective merger