Though the average size of new homes keeps getting bigger, there is more to this home buying trend than meets the eye.

ExxonMobil Chemical Co. has announced plans to build what is reportedly the world’s largest hydrogenated tackifier manufacturing facility.

The new company, formerly a division of John P. Kummer Ltd., is now majority share owned by Epoxy Technology Inc.

Chromaflo Technologies recently announced it has appointed Dean Bell Southeast Territory Sales Manager.

Sun Chemical Performance Pigments recently announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for Food Contact Notification (FCN) 1311 covering its C.I. Pigment Red 122 as a colorant.

Myriant Corp. recently announced it has supplied commercial quantities of bio-succinic acid to Oxea for use in the production of bio-based, phthalate-free plasticizers.

Eastman Chemical Co. recently announced an expansion of carboxylic acids capacity at its Longview, Texas, and Kingsport, Tenn., facilities.

PPG Industries’ flat glass business recently announced it has received $312,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a dynamically responsive infrared (IR) window coating.

It is expected that by 2015, nearly 65% of the global carbon black demand will come from Asia.

World demand for food containers is forecast to increase 4.5% annually to $139 billion in 2017.