Myriant Corp. recently announced it has supplied commercial quantities of bio-succinic acid to Oxea for use in the production of bio-based, phthalate-free plasticizers.

Eastman Chemical Co. recently announced an expansion of carboxylic acids capacity at its Longview, Texas, and Kingsport, Tenn., facilities.

PPG Industries’ flat glass business recently announced it has received $312,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a dynamically responsive infrared (IR) window coating.

It is expected that by 2015, nearly 65% of the global carbon black demand will come from Asia.

World demand for food containers is forecast to increase 4.5% annually to $139 billion in 2017.

Markets in 58 out of the approximately 350 metro areas nationwide returned to or exceeded their last normal levels of economic and housing activity.

Revenue for the year totaled €14,590 million (~ $20,042 million), down 5% compared to 2012.

Starting this year, the new Mapei’s World image will be used by MAPEI Americas for all forms of communication.

The worldwide market for industrial electronics semiconductors reportedly ended 2013 on a strong upbeat note.

Recent advances in materials and equipment are reportedly creating new demand for radiation-curable (radcure) coatings in a number of industrial applications.