Paint & Coating News

LANXESS will continue to produce chromium oxide pigments at the Krefeld-Uerdingen site and has stopped its original plan to sell the business.

• Lanxess

According to the latest report released by ICIS, a chemical information center, most petrochemical products in Asia are expected to continue their downward trend in prices in August.

The announcement explicitly states that once production facilities are restarted, product production will follow a scientific staggered production process.

Recently, the groundbreaking ceremony for Oriental Yuhong's new production, R&D and logistics base in Houston was held in Prairie View, Texas, USA.

• Oriental Yuhong

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement agreement with Denver-area real estate company VareCo PM, LLC and its affiliates over violations of the Renovation, Repair and Paint Regulations for lead-based paint.

On August 16, 2024, the Department of Internal Market Protection of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) officially issued the notice of the final anti-dumping ruling on titanium dioxide products originating in China.

On August 19, the Ministry of Commerce issued the announcement of the final review ruling on the anti-dumping measures applied to imports of halogenated butyl rubber.

IGL Coatings has taken a major step in expanding its presence in the Middle East car care market with the appointment of Lamaan as its exclusive distributor in Saudi Arabia.

• IGL Coatings
• Lamaan

Osaka Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (OPC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui Chemicals, has discovered that the steam supply system of its ethylene plant has malfunctioned during a shutdown for scheduled maintenance.

• Osaka Petrochemical Co.
• Ltd.
• Mitsui chemicals

BASF and STOCKMEIER Urethanes USA announce commercial production of Stobielast® S polyurethane binder for playground and recreation flooring made with 100% domestic Biomass Balance (BMB) Lupranate® methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI).

• BASF
• STOCKMEIER Urethanes

PPG has announced the launch of PITT-THERM 909 spray-on insulation (SOI) coating. Designed for high-temperature environments in the oil and gas, chemical, petrochemical and other critical infrastructure industries.

• PPG
• PITT-THERM 909

Barentz International, a global provider of specialty ingredient solutions, announces the acquisition of Anshul Life Sciences Group in India.

• Barentz international
• Anshul Life Sciences Group

Saint-Gobain has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ovniver Group, a leading privately held construction chemicals company in Mexico and Central America, for $815 million in cash.

• Saint-Gobain
• Ovniver

After more than two decades of operation, Roland Schwall and Brigitte Daxberger-Schwall, owners of the Baden-Württemberg family-owned company Daxberger-Schwall, are retiring on June 30, 2024.

• RUDERER KLEBETECHNIK
• Daxberger-Schwall

Barentz International, a provider of specialty ingredient solutions, announces the acquisition of Insuquim SRL, a well-known and trusted distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients in Paraguay.

• Barentz international
• Insuquim

Dymax announces the launch of a select line of light-cured adhesives and coatings. They are designed to meet the complex assembly needs of stationary energy storage systems.

• Dymax

BASF announced that it has selected Sea-Land Chemical as its U.S. distribution channel partner for dispersions, resins and additives.

• BASF
• Sea-Land Chemical
• floor care coatings

Deltech Holdings (Deltech), a leading producer of high-performance aromatic monomers, specialty crystal polystyrenes, and downstream acrylic resins, will take over DuPont’s divinylbenzene (DVB) production.

• Deltech
• DuPont

On August 15, the Peking University-Wanhua Chemical Joint Research Center Research Building, located at the foot of Cizhou Mountain in Huanghai New Area, Yantai, was officially put into use, and the ceremony for the first batch of project

Recently, the main structure of the first phase of Toray Resin Science's project has been completed, marking an important milestone in the project.