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Effective May 1, 2022, or as customer contracts allow, the Wacker Group will raise its prices for dispersions, resins, and dispersible polymer powders globally. 

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Teckrez, Inc. announced that Olivia Jobes has joined the company as director of commercial development. 

The LANXESS Urethane Systems (URE) business unit will present its new sustainable Adiprene^® Green prepolymer line at the Polyurethane Manufacturers Association (PMA) annual meeting, which will take place April 23-26 in Austin, Texas. 

Ashland Global Holdings Inc. has announced the first in a series of sustainable business initiatives resulting in positive economic, environment, and social impacts from the company’s Responsible Solvers™ program. 

Brenntag has opened a new Innovation Center at its site in Duisburg, Germany.

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Kraton Corp. recently announced a significant investment in its alpha methyl styrene (AMS) resins facility in Niort, France. 

With the diminishing list of available preservatives, manufacturers need new candidates with exemplary safe use profiles. Recently, sodium benzoate has become increasingly valued outside of its traditional food and beverage applications, moving into cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, home care, and industrial applications.