Bodo Möller Chemie expands its presence on the Asian market

Adhesive expert opens new locations in Thailand and Vietnam for automotive, battery, electrical and aerospace users

17-May-2024 - After China and India, Bodo Möller Chemie is now moving into South-East Asia, expanding sales of its products and services through new branches in Thailand and Vietnam. Users in the automotive, battery, electrical and aerospace industries thus now receive products such as adhesives, sealants, and ...

Arkema starts up its specialty UV/LED curing resins' capacity expansion in China

31-Oct-2023 - Arkema has begun production of Sartomer® specialty UV/LED curing resins at its expanded facility in Nansha, China, where the Group invested to double the capacity, as announced end-2021. This will support the development of more sustainable solutions for fast-growing applications in Asian ...

SI Group Completes Sale Of Industrial Resins Business To ASK Chemicals

Transaction Includes Products, Technology, and Manufacturing Assets in Brazil, India & South Africa

03-Nov-2021 - SI Group announces the completion of the sale of a majority of its global Industrial Resins business toASK Chemicals, a portfolio company of private equity firm, Rhône Group, LLC. The transaction includes SI Group’s Industrial Resins products and associated manufacturing sites in Rio Claro, ...

Covestro to acquire sustainable coating resins business from DSM

Acquisition adds EUR 1 billion in revenues and EUR 141 million EBITDA

02-Oct-2020 - Covestro has signed an agreement to acquire the Resins & Functional Materials business (RFM) from Royal DSM. By expanding its portfolio in the attractive growth market for sustainable coating resins, Covestro is taking a significant step in its long-term corporate strategy to strengthen its ...

LANXESS realigns water treatment business

Sale of the reverse osmosis membrane business to SUEZ

17-Jul-2020 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS continues to develop its portfolio and is reorganizing its water treatment technologies business: the company will focus on the ion exchange resins business and intends to grow here primarily in markets for high-end applications. As part of this realignment, ...

Elkem acquires Polysil, a leading Chinese silicone elastomer & resins company

02-Jan-2020 - Elkem ASA has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the shares in Polysil, a leading Chinese silicone elastomer & resins material manufacturer with strong positions in baby care and food grade silicones, as well as silicone products for the electronics and medical markets. Polysil and ...

Dow holds groundbreaking ceremony for new silicone resin plant in China

25-Jun-2019 - Dow held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new high-value silicone resin plant to be located at the Company’s manufacturing site in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu, China. The new facility will significantly expand Dow’s global high-value silicone resin capacity to meet increased demand for the creation of ...

Bodo Möller Chemie expands in Sub-Saharan Africa

Global specialty chemicals expert opens office in Kenya

22-Jun-2018 - The Bodo Möller Chemie Group continues to increase its presence in Sub-Saharan Africa and opens a new office in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. At the new location Bodo Möller Chemie is offering specialty adhesives, epoxy resins, additives and pigments from suppliers like Huntsman Advanced ...

Gabriel Performance Products acquires Royce International

10-Apr-2018 - Gabriel Performance Products announces the acquisition of Royce International. Headquartered in Sarasota, FL, Royce is a custom solutions provider of specialty epoxy resins, diluents, curing agents, and additives. These are sold under the RoyOxy TM trademark into CASE (Coatings, Adhesives, ...

SONGWON begins large scale manufacture of functional monomers

21-Mar-2018 - Having started to develop functional monomers about two years ago, SONGWON has now begun bulk manufacture at its production site in Ulsan, South Korea. These monomers provide resins and polymers with special functions, one of the most important being improvement of the physical and chemical ...