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Emerald Performance Materials recently announced it has begun construction of a new pilot plant focusing on its Nychem™ line of specialty nitrile and butadiene emulsion products.

BASF, Cargill and Novozymes recently announced an important milestone in their joint development of technologies to produce acrylic acid from renewable raw materials.

Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, recently announced the completion of its latest capacity expansion for K-FLEX^®non-phthalate plasticizers at its Kalama, Wash., facility.

Chromaflo Technologies Corp. recently announced it has contracted a new sales manager in Brazil.

This company has released the REFLECTAmark® U 450 white reflective, reportedly the only wide angle glass bead retro-reflective product available in the U.S.

Pilot Chemical Co. recently announced the completion of the largest infrastructure investment in the company’s history at its Middletown, Ohio, facility.

LANXESS recently announced it is relocating its headquarters to Cologne.

BYK Additives & Instruments invested in geothermal energy, heat pumps and heat recovery systems to reduce primary energy consumption by over 30%.

Michelman recently announced it has acquired Recklinghausen, Germany-based Ecronova Polymer GmbH.

Huntsman Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the business of Oxid L.P., a privately held manufacturer and marketer of specialty urethane polyols.