Today, a definitive acquisition agreement was announced and, following regulatory approvals, the intermediates and specialty chemicals division of ESIM Chemicals will be part of the Vertellus business.
Cosmetics and personal care ingredient makers can likely benefit from recent research published in Nature Materials that shows synthesizing finned zeolites can increase catalyst efficiency by 3 times.
New data published by the American Chemistry Council this month shows that the US specialty chemicals market is improving, since taking a record dip in April. But only 3 industry sectors saw a Y/Y increase last month.
According to new data from the American Chemistry Council, overall specialty chemical market volume was down 5% in March. But for the most part, beauty ingredient suppliers are still doing a strong business.
Netherlands-based specialty chemicals distributor IMCD has expanded its footprint in the Latin America market with the acquisition of the Colombia ingredients distributor Unired Quimicas.
Momentive Performance Materials and Hexion Specialty Chemicals have announced the creation of two holding companies that will merge to form a joint venture.
Dow Chemical Company’s restructuring plan involves the shut down of a number of manufacturing plants in the company’s basics portfolio, in favor of a shift towards specialty chemicals.