Scheugenpflug recently announced that it has added an inspection system to its portfolio, making quality monitoring an integral part of the dispensing cell to save time and space. 

Hexion Holdings Corp. has announced the closing of its acquisition by affiliates of American Securities LLC.

Orion Engineered Carbons is a global supplier of carbon blacks. The long-established Luxembourg-based company, with sites and facilities in the U.S., Germany, and China, produces a wide range of carbon blacks (e.g., high-performance specialty gas blacks, acetylene blacks, furnace blacks, lamp blacks, thermal blacks, and others). These materials are used to tint, color, and enhance the performance of polymers, plastics, paints and coatings, inks and toners, textile fibers, adhesives and sealants, tires, and other mechanical rubber goods.

H.B. Fuller Co. recently released its 2021 Sustainability Report and highlighted the continuous progress it has achieved in building a solid foundation of sustainability. 

DuPont recently announced that it continues to monitor the escalating crisis in Ukraine. Due to recent developments, DuPont has decided to suspend its business operations in Russia and Belarus. 

Mactac^®, a LINTEC company, has acquired CSI-SoCal, a custom slitting and distribution center for roll label printers located in Ontario, Calif., under an asset purchase agreement. 

Brenntag has expanded its distribution agreement with Elementis Specialties to distribute the company’s specialty chemicals and additives for the coatings, adhesive, and sealant industries in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines. 

A new polyol (PCD-b-PPG) has been synthesized that has a low viscosity of around 800-3,000 mPa·s (at 25˚C, liquid state) and is transparent due to the use of PCD as an initiator, even after storing for a long duration. The new PCD-b-PPG polyol can be applied to coating applications where transparency is required. In addition, it may contribute to other CASE applications and solvent-free urethane compositions that can take advantage of its low viscosity.

Intertape Polymer Group Inc. (IPG) recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. 

Lisa Anderson, president of LMA Consulting Group Inc., has released a report entitled “Thriving in 2022: Learning from Supply Chain Chaos.”