Builder confidence plunged in July as high inflation and increased interest rates stalled the housing market by dramatically slowing sales and buyer traffic. 

The Fedrigoni Group recently announced an agreement to acquire Istanbul-based UNIFOL. 

For the sixth consecutive year, Dow has received a top score on the Disability Equality Index^® (DEI) – a benchmarking tool for the Fortune 1000 and Am Law 2001 to measure disability workplace inclusion. 

Arkema announced plans to acquire Polimeros Especiales, a waterborne acrylic resins provider in Mexico. 

RPM International Inc. (RPM) has appointed a new vice president – internal audit and chief audit executive, effective July 19, 2022.

The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) is offering two technical short courses that will be co-located with the 2023 Annual Convention, which is taking place April 17-18, 2023, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Elkem has released results for the second quarter of 2022, reporting total operating income for the quarter of NOK 12,326 million (approx. $1,236 million), up 68% from the corresponding quarter last year.

BASF SE has given final approval for the construction of the planned Verbund site in Zhanjiang in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. 

AkzoNobel recently announced plans to invest €20 to increase and improve production at two of its sites in France.

Huntsman Corp. recently announced the start of commercial operation of a new methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) splitter at its Geismar site in Louisiana.