The specialty chemicals group ALTANA has signed a contract to acquire the effect pigment business of the American company United States Bronze Powders Inc. (USBP). In 2007, USBP achieved sales

University Technologies International (UTI), the University of Calgary’s technology transfer, commercialization and incubation center, and Materia Inc., Pasadena, CA, have announced the signing of an exclusive license agreement for olefin

LANXESS Chief Financial Officer Matthias Zachert was recently named CEO of the Year at Chemical Week magazine’s 13th Annual CFO Conference. Chemical Week’s CFO of the Year Award was established

Emerald Performance Materials LLC (“Emerald”) has announced the formation of CVC Thermoset Specialties Division - the combination of CVC Specialty Chemicals and Emerald’s Reactive Liquid Polymers (RLP) businesses. CVC Specialty

Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex, a 50/50 joint venture between The Dow Chemical Co. and Reichhold Inc., has announced the planned sale of certain business assets, the permanent closure of all

The Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA) expressed numerous international trade concerns that it has with the European Union’s REACH regulation to delegates attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Conference

Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc. has announced that its Brazilian subsidiary, Hexion Quimica Industria e Comercio Ltda., has begun construction of a formaldehyde and resins manufacturing complex to serve the rapidly

Emerald Performance Materials has appointed Edward T. Gotch and Jim Donnelly as presidents of its Emerald Kalama Chemical and Specialties business units, respectively. Gotch has served as the business director

Gelest Inc. has announced the completion of the final phase of a multi-year project to double the capacity of its Morrisville, PA, headquarters and production plant, which was necessitated by

Bayer MaterialScience LLC, part of the global Bayer MaterialScience business, has purchased the pour-in-place, spray and molded polyurethane foam systems business of the Stepan Co. in the U.S., Canada, South