Specialty chemicals company LANXESS placed first in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) Europe and second in the DJSI World.
With an innovative manufacturing process, Evonik has developed four new fumed silicas from the AEROSIL® family that are much easier to disperse.
The three new matting agents based on precipitated silica will expand Evonik’s ACEMATT product line.
At the end of October, Evonik inaugurated a new laboratory and testing facility dedicated to the development of specialty PU additives.
Evonik’s TEGO Cure 100 allows to save costs and energy by curing at room temperature.
As part of the sustainability strategy of Merck, the company has established The Merck Sustainability Advisory Panel (MSAP), which is made of six independent international experts who will advise the company on sustainability issues.
The new graphene nanotubes developed by OCSiAl allow to replace standard carbon additives and increase productivity and performance.
Evonik has launched two new defoamer concentrates for printing inks and varnishes, which provide a bio-renewable content of 55% and 95%.
BYK has launched two new sustainable coating additives, CERAFLOUR 1001 and CERAFLOUR 1002.
Key players from the chemical industry, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, are teaming up to move the Low-Carbon Emitting Technologies (LCET) initiative into its implementation stage by the end of 2023.
Due to the rising energy costs, LANXESS has announced that it will temporarily increase the prices for the inorganic pigments.
Covestro’s portfolio expansion will turbocharge sustainability for the decorative coatings industry.
Evonik’s first fumed silica production facility in China has started the operations to fulfil local coatings and adhesives markets.
Plascoatings has expanded its portfolio with an anti-slip, flame retardant and wear resistant coating additive.
Clariant opens a new Industrial Applications Innovation Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, to support North America’s paints and coatings industry.