Carlyle Acquires Nouryon's Polysulfide Business Under EU Regulation, BASF Receives €5.8 Billion in Cash
The latest episode of the European Coatings Podcast focuses on Carlyle's acquisition of Nouryon's po...
Axalta to Showcase Electric Bus Coating Technology in India
Axalta Coating Systems will showcase its latest commercial vehicle coating technologies at the India...
Alzchem to Build Plant in Bushy Park, South Carolina, USA in 2027
Alzchem Group AG, a global leader in specialty chemicals and ingredients, has selected Bushy Park in...
Givaudan Invests CHF 50 Million in New Production Facility in Indonesia
Givaudan has officially inaugurated a new production facility in Cikarang, Indonesia, with an invest...
Global Surface Protection Services Market to Reach $24.08 Billion by 2035, Growing at 5.1% CAGR
According to the latest analysis by Future Market Insights (FMI), the global surface protection serv...
China's Hepfulai Develops 150°C High H₂S-Resistant Imidazoline Corrosion Inhibitor
Traditional imidazoline corrosion inhibitors face four major technical challenges in the oil and gas...
China's Andecom Joint Venture Breaks Ground on High-Purity Precursor and Electronic-Grade Solvent Project, Completion Set for 2027
On July 3, the high-purity precursor and electronic-grade solvent project of Ande Tuohua (Anhui) Ele...
South Korea's LG Chem supplies semiconductor stripper to US-based Amkor Technology, entering new market
LG Chem recently announced that it will supply semiconductor stripper to Amkor Technology, a global ...
Asahi Kasei Corp. Invests 2 Billion Yen in Dry Film Photoresist Slitting Facility in Taiwan, China
Asahi Kasei Corp. has built a new SUNFORT™ dry film photoresist (DFR) slitting facility at its Taina...
Chemical producer Nobian and partners receive €2 million grant to launch lithium refining pilot in the Netherlands
Chemical producer Nobian (Utrecht, Netherlands), together with Back to Battery, the University of Tw...
UK's HMG Paints Wins 2026 Family Business United Awards People's Choice Champion
HMG Paints has been named the People's Choice Champion for the North of England and Northern Ireland...
US Gemini Industries Acquires Industrial Wood Coatings Distributor ICS
Gemini Industries, Inc. has acquired Industrial Coating Solutions (ICS), an industrial wood coatings...
U.S. Solstice Advances $14.5 Billion Specialty Chemical Merger
On July 6, U.S. advanced materials company Solstice Advanced Materials announced it would acquire U....
U.S. Solstice Acquires Electronic Chemicals Company Element for $14.5 Billion
U.S.-based Solstice Advanced Materials plans to acquire electronic chemicals producer Element Soluti...
Flint to Showcase Inks, Coatings, and Digital Printing Technologies at LOUPE Americas 2026 in the USA
Flint Group Packaging Solutions, a UK-based ink and printing materials supplier, has confirmed its p...
UK's BindEthics Begins Industrial-Scale Production of Bio-Based Adhesive
Adhesive company BindEthics has announced that its flagship bio-based adhesive, Ecohesive, has trans...
Fraunhofer IAP Develops Microcapsule Adhesive Technology
Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP has developed a microcapsule adhesiv...
Cortec Launches Desicorr VpCI Bags for Moisture and Rust Protection
Cortec Corp. (St. Paul, Minnesota) has launched Desicorr VpCI bags, which provide both moisture abso...
Asahi Kasei invests 2 billion yen in Taiwan to add SUNFORT dry film slitting facility in July
Asahi Kasei has built a new slitting facility for SUNFORT™ dry film photoresist (DFR) at its Tainan ...
Olin and Huntsman Merge in the US, with an Enterprise Value of Approximately $10.43 Billion
U.S. chemical companies Olin and Huntsman jointly announced on June 16 that they will form a new com...
AkzoNobel Hires Captain Glenn to Drive Global Yacht Coatings Marketing
AkzoNobel is prioritizing education over traditional product marketing through a new global ambassad...
Peru's Pronex Project Promotes Product Diversification, Genipa Output Expected to Increase by 50%
Carlos Sarmiento Pezo, General Manager of Peruvian natural pigment and industrial raw materials comp...
BASF and Carlyle Complete Coatings Business Transaction
The coatings business transaction between BASF and Carlyle, announced on October 10, 2025, has recei...
Swiss Seprify and Grolman Expand Cooperation to Introduce Cellulose-Based White Pigment into Coatings and Other Fields
Swiss cellulose materials innovator Seprify has expanded its cooperation with the Grolman Group to i...
BASF's Coatings Business Becomes Independent as Surventis, Carlyle Completes Acquisition
The former BASF coatings business is now operating independently under its new name, Surventis, reta...
Dymax Opens New Distribution and Technology Center in Mexico
Dymax has opened a new distribution and technology center in Querétaro, Mexico, to expand its suppor...
India's DACL Fine Chem invests Rs 400 million to acquire land for chemical plant construction
DACL Fine Chem, a wholly owned subsidiary of Diamines and Chemicals Ltd. (Diamines and Chemicals), h...
INX International Ink Co. Deploys AI-Driven R&D System to Revolutionize Ink Formulations
INX International Ink Co., a major player in the ink industry, has deployed Albert Invent's AI-ready...
German Steelpaint Completes Field Trial of New Repair Coating for Port Crane
German anti-corrosion specialist Steelpaint has completed technical field trials of its new repair c...
German Chemical Industry Fund Supports Mannheim University of Applied Sciences' Autonomous Process Optimization Project
The Chemical Industry Fund (FCI) has provided a grant to Mannheim University of Applied Sciences to ...