Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) and affiliates of ExxonMobil recently announced plans to construct a world-scale specialty elastomers facility at the Al-Jubail Petrochemical Co. (Kemya) manufacturing joint venture.

Univar Inc. recently announced it has signed an agreement with OXEA to distribute its OXFILM 351 coalescing agent in Benelux, France, Italy, Spain, and the Nordic region.

Ashland Specialty Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., recently announced that its Strodex™ FT428 surfactant for waterborne architectural coatings and emulsion polymerization has received the Ringier Technology Innovation Award for coatings.

A free app for the iPad is now available that houses the latest ExxonMobil news, blog posts, stock price, videos and publications.

A new high total solids toluene solution of a polymeric release agent reportedly offers significant improvements over carbamate release agents.

This company recently introduced new binder systems for use in cool roof coating applications.

Troysol™ Z372 is reportedly a high-performance universal mar and slip additive that can improve the wetting of low-surface-energy and contaminated substrates, resulting in uniform film coverage.

This company, an Emerald Performance Materials company, has introduced Hypro™ 1200X90 HTB, the newest addition to its Hypro reactive liquid polymer product line.

GraalBio Investimentos S.A. and Beta Renewables recently announced that GraalBio will build Brazil’s first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant.