Henkel has earmarked assistance totaling €150,000 to help the victims of the recent devastating earthquake in China. Working closely with its sites in China, the company is already in the

AkzoNobel has announced plans to reinforce its Specialty Chemicals portfolio by acquiring businesses in Europe in Asia. The company has signed two agreements that will strengthen both its paper and

AkzoNobel has announced the launch of a new corporate brand. Symbolizing the company’s fundamental transformation and determination to lead change, it embodies AkzoNobel’s clear ambitions for the future and a

Sika AG has announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Sika Corp., has acquired the commercial and industrial polymer flooring business of ICS Garland Inc. Revenues for this business totaled approximately $14

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