BASF recently announced plans to build a polyurethane systems house in Geismar, La., in which polyurethane raw materials will be blended to deliver customized products to customers in the transportation, furniture, and construction industries.
Growing deforestation leading to global warming has spurred the demand for efficient timber usage, which is in turn driving the global wood-based panels market.
A total of 291 metropolitan areas across the country now qualify as improving housing markets, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) for September.
Chemsultants International recently announced it has partnered with AWA Alexander Watson Associates to offer “The Introduction to Pressure-Sensitive/Self-Adhesive Technology Workshop 2013.”
Nordson Corp. recently announced it has completed its acquisition of Münster, Germany-based Kreyenborg Group’s Kreyenborg GmbH and BKG Bruckmann & Kreyenborg Granuliertechnik GmbH companies.