The value of the global market for renewable energy was nearly $225 billion in 2010, but is expected to increase to $331 billion in 2015, for a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.1%.

Arkema has announced plans to acquire the Coatings Resins and Photocure Resins businesses of Total’s Specialty Chemicals activities for ~ $767 million.

tesa tape inc. recently announced it has been named as an “official supplier” to the U.S. Bobsled/Skeleton Federation Team.

Michael E. Campbell, chairman, president and CEO of Arch Chemicals Inc. and a long-time member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, has called on U.S. companies and workers to encourage Congress to ratify the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting nominations for the 2011 Annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards.

Electronics industry members have nominated and elected Brian Toleno, Ph.D., of Henkel to the Surface Mount Technology Association’s (SMTA) Board of Directors.

Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its global Ink & Adhesive Resins (IAR) business to Harima Chemicals Inc.

The Dow Chemical Co. has increased its monopropylene glycol (MPG) capacity by 15%, an additional 35 kilotons per year (KTA).

BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany, and INEOS Industries Holdings Ltd., Lyndhurst, UK, have announced their intention to combine their global business activities in several copolymers and copolymer blends into a new joint venture called Styrolution.

A biodegradable adhesive may be better than surgery or laser treatment for varicose veins. A medical device company in Santa Rosa, Calif., is developing a method that would deliver the