Paul N. Gardner Co. USA (GARDCO) recently announced a major sustainability milestone. The company is implementing a global phase-out of PFAS containing products, effective December 31, 2025. This strategic move aligns GARDCO with emerging international regulations and market expectations, while underscoring our commitment to environment and customer wellbeing. GARDCO reports that several individual PFAS compounds, […]
Covestro announced it will open a specifically developed, automated laboratory for optimizing coating and adhesive formulations to provide even better support to its customers. Coating and adhesive manufacturers are under pressure as they compete for market share, optimize their products in rapid succession, and focus on efficiency while ensuring sustainability and regulatory compliance. At the […]
Arkema announced today that it has decided to increase its PVDF capacity in North America by 15%. The 15% capacity expansion of Arkema’s PVDF production site in Calvert City, Kentucky, represents an investment of around $20 million and is aligned with the strategy of the group to increase its global PVDF footprint that match market […]
As part of its portfolio optimization in the Consumer Brands business, announced in February 2022, Henkel signed an agreement to sell its Retailer Brands business in North America to an affiliate of First Quality Enterprises LLC headquartered in Great Neck, New York. The Retailer Brands business comprises products in the detergents, fabric finishers, and dishwash […]
Kuraray announced last week that the company is ending production and sale of its of it KURARITY™ acrylic block copolymer. In the press release making the announcement, the company stated, “Since the commercialization of KURARITY™ in 2012, Kuraray has striven to expand operations related to this product by releasing variations suitable for a diverse range […]
DuPont recently announced the acceleration of the separation of its Electronics business and is now targeting November 1, 2025, to complete the transaction. DuPont also announced that it no longer intends to separate the company’s Water business. In April 2024, the chemical company announced a plan to separate into three distinct, publicly traded companies, separating […]
Pilot Chemical Co. announced plans to significantly expand its North American production of high-quality anionic surfactants at its Middletown, Ohio, manufacturing site. The expansion will enable the company to more than double the volume of alpha olefin sulfonate (AOS) that it supplies to the household, industrial and institutional (I&I), and personal care markets. The expansion […]
Specialty chemicals provider Evonik announced plans to close its fumed silica production facility in Waterford, New York, and the precipitated silica production in Havre de Grace, Maryland, as part of an ongoing strategic asset network optimization program to enhance efficiencies. The Waterford site will cease production in mid-2025. Havre de Grace will continue to operate […]
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. recently announced it has terminated plans to build an MMA monomer plant in Geismar, Louisiana. The company announced a land purchase and feasibility study for the proposed plant in December of 2020. The plant would have had a capacity of 350,000 metric tons per year and would have used ethylene derived from […]
Adhesive tapes provider tesa recently announced that it is utilizing Snowflake, the AI data cloud company, to optimize its business operations. By implementing predictive and generative artificial intelligence (AI), tesa aims to elevate its business processes, further strengthening the company’s position in Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT), and Industry 5.0. This strategic move enables […]
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