Michael Zobel will succeed Torsten Derr and will be responsible for heading Saltigo from June 1, 2020. Previously, he was the head of the Lanxess High Performance Materials business unit and has also held numerous positions at Bayer and Lanxess.

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has reported that the U.S. speciality chemicals market volumes witnessed a 0.3 per cent decline in December following a 0.1 per cent gain in November.

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation has plans to enhance its carbon fiber composite material business with the acquisition of the c-m-p firm. The Japanese company will also possess prepreg plants in Europe, USA and Japan via this deal.

The integrated producer of plastics resins and chemicals, Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. is building an LDPE unit and a Utilities plant which is expected to start operations this year. Also, the initial start-up of its new Olefins plant is complete.

Yves Bonte, the current CEO of Newco has resigned from Yara International and has taken up a new job as CEO and Chair of the Board in Belgium-based Domo Chemicals.

Nexam Chemical has appointed Henrik Bernquist as the company’s new Business Development Manager. Bernquist will be joining the firm on April 1, 2020 and focus on commercially developing the company’s ‘High Performance’ range.

Sabic has announced the construction of the semi-commercial plant in the firm’s Geleen campus in The Netherlands. The facility is expected to be operational by 2021 and will begin by offering materials to the company’s downstream collaborators.

With this acquisition, Lanxess intends to establish itself as one of the major manufacturers of antimicrobial active ingredients and formulations across the globe. With this deal, the company has also acquired IPEL’s 100 employees, its production facility as well as its laboratory facilities.

Porvair Filtration Group has recently announced a new range of resin bonded filters for aggressive chemical applications.

Wilden Velocity Series AODD pump offers operational flexibility that allows users to optimise performance, leak protection and operating costs while not compromising reliability.