Heike Buskies heads BYK's global Plastics Additives business

19-Aug-2024 - Heike Buskies has taken over the management of the Global Business Line Plastics Additives at BYK. She joined the additives experts BYK in October 2012 when she left Evonik and started as Sales Manager Plastics Additives for Greater Europe. In July 2021, she took over responsibility for the ...

BYK to end production of additives containing PFAS

Last shipment of products containing PFAS by end of 2025

15-Aug-2024 - For years, BYK has been actively promoting extensive research efforts towards replacing its per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) with more environmentally compatible alternatives. Dr. Stefan Mößmer, Managing Director Marketing & Commercial: “As a leading manufacturer of additives, we have ...

BYK is expanding its presence in Asia through a significant investment in China

BYK Opens New Site in Shanghai

11-Apr-2019 - BYK is expanding its operations in the Shanghai region to meet the anticipated growth in demand in the key Chinese market. The Asia region accounts for one third of sales, and has made a substantial contribution to BYK in past decades. “The new site will significantly enhance our presence in the ...

Laboratory inauguration in Russia

18-Jan-2017 - BYK celebrated – together with HOMA, a manufacturer of dispersions and emulsions based in Dzerzhinsk, Russia – the opening of an ultra-modern laboratory for BYK’s application technology in Shchyolkovo, near Moscow. In a space of more than 125 m2, all the necessary conditions are now created for ...

BYK Additives & Instruments products win innovation awards

26-Nov-2012 - At the China Composite Expo in Shanghai, BYK presented its latest processing additives and application development for composite industry. The CCE-JEC Innovation Awards were presented for the eighth year in a row, with 32 composite products / solutions from30 companies nominated, and ten of them ...

BYK Additives & Instruments opens laboratory in Dubai

14-Feb-2012 - The Arab Gulf states with the commercial metropolis Dubai are today one of the fastest expanding markets in the world. There is a dynamic at work here that only compares with what is happening in China and India. With lab opening in Dubai, BYK Additives & Instruments has laid the foundations for ...

BYK announces price increase

26-Apr-2011 - Effective May 15th 2011 BYK Additives & Instruments will increase prices for its product lines of wax, paint, plastics and industrial application additives between 5% and 9%, or more for selected products. The price increase is to offset significant increases in raw material costs and operational ...

Evonik acquires the polyurethane additives business of BYK-Chemie GmbH, a division of ALTANA AG

29-Jul-2010 - Evonik Industries has acquired the SILBYK® polyurethane foam additives business from BYK-Chemie GmbH, Wesel, Germany. The transaction includes the existing business contacts and expertise in the manufacture of SILBYK® products for the polyurethane foam industry. The transaction allows the ...

Krahn Chemie Now Represents BYK in Poland

29-Oct-2009 - Starting in November 2009, Krahn Chemie will be representing BYK in Poland. Both companies have had a successful partnership in Germany since 2004. The new sales and distribution partnership covers the entire application spectrum of the additives developed and manufactured by BYK. In addition to ...

BYK-Chemie USA acquires Bergen Materials, Corp.

25-Apr-2007 - BYK-Chemie USA Inc., Wallingford, the US-subsidiary of BYK-Chemie GmbH, Wesel, member of ALTANA AG acquired the business of Bergen Materials, Corp. a US-based additives supplier serving customers in the Paint and Plastics industries. Net Sales of Bergen Materials Corp. is approximately 3 million ...