DuPont recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Celanese Corp. to divest a majority of its Mobility & Materials segment, which includes the Engineering Polymers business line and select product lines within the Performance Resins and Advanced Solutions business lines.

Kraton Corp. has announced a general price increase of up to 15% across its crude tall oil (CTO) refinery products and derivatives.

Meridian Adhesives Group has announced the promotion of Jerry Stempel to the position of president of the company’s Industrial Packaging Division.

With builders continuing to report supply chain problems that are causing construction delays, overall housing starts decreased 4.1% in January 2022 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.64 million units, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Fedrigoni Group recently announced its acquisition of Spain-based Divipa.

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and bottlenecks in the procurement of raw materials, Sika reported sales rose by 17.5% to a record CHF 9.3 billion (approximately $10.1 billion) in 2021.

Admix, Inc. recently announced the appointment of Tim Dining as the company’s new chief operating officer.

W. R. MEADOWS, Inc. has acquired Mississauga-based Gemite Products, Inc.

Univar Solutions Inc. recently announced its selection as the exclusive distributor of Diexter-G™, Isoexter™, and Hydroexter™ from COIM USA, Inc. in the U.S. and Canada.

Chromaflo Technologies has named Jabu Banda commercial director, sub-Saharan Africa.