Personnel from Sartomer Asia will be available to share information regarding bio-sourced acrylates and advanced materials for 3D printing, specialty coatings, electronics, and inks applications.

The distribution agreement has existed since 2014 and includes the sales and marketing of Elkem’s Core and Specialty Fluids for industries such as cosmetics, rubber and polymers, and coatings and constructions.

The new building houses workplaces for some 140 employees of ALTANA’s and its BYK division’s IT and digitalization departments.

Palmer Holland is responsible for the promotion and inventory management of Pinova Solutions’ portfolio of polyterpene resins, terpene phenolic resins, hydrogenated resins, rosin esters and derivatives, tall oil fatty acids (TOFA), and distilled tall oil (DTO).

Drew McCandlish reportedly brings more than 14 years of sales and marketing experience in the chemical industry to his new role.

Scheugenpflug will operate as an independent company within Atlas Copco’s Industrial Assembly Solutions (IAS) division.

Covestro’s Coatings, Adhesives, Specialties segment reported a drop in core volumes by 4% as a result of weaker demand for coating raw materials from all key industries.

The future market indicators gained two points from the previous quarter to 57.

The Air Force initially will coat test parts on a PPG e-coat system that it installed at its Advanced Technology and Training Center in Georgia.

The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020, subject to customary regulatory approvals and other closing conditions as set forth in the purchase and sale agreement.