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ChemQuest Receives License in Riyadh at Saudi-U.S. CEO Forum

The Saudi-U.S. CEO Forum is a springboard for investment opportunities to advance economic diversification.

June 9, 2017

The ChemQuest Group Inc. recently announced that Senior Vice President, James E. Swope was among a select group of 23 top business leaders granted a license at the Saudi-U.S. CEO Forum in Riyadh on May 20.

CHEMQUEST: Coatings Market Report

June 8, 2017

The expanded fifth edition of the Global Market Analysis for the Paint & Coatings Industry (2015-2020) is now available.

Avery Dennison Opens Electronics Technology Center in California

The new facility is reportedly designed, equipped and staffed to provide engineering solutions and services to electronics industry customers.

June 8, 2017

Avery Dennison’s Industrial and Healthcare Materials’ Performance Tapes business has opened an Electronics Solutions and Technology center in Silicon Valley, Calif.

Lorenzini Appointed Maroon Group Technology Manager

He will assist the consistent effort to drive growth for the company and its principal partners, with an emphasis on the plastics and coatings industries.

June 8, 2017

Maroon Group recently announced the addition of Rob Lorenzini as technology manager.

Shell’s Olefins Plant Construction on Track

Shell Chemical LP is reportedly making good progress on the main construction of its fourth linear alpha olefins (AO) unit at its chemicals manufacturing site in Geismar, La.

June 7, 2017

The 425,000-tonne-per-year capacity increase will reportedly make the company’s Geismar site the largest AO producer in the world.

Global Chemicals Production Expands During April

The American Chemistry Council’s Global Chemical Production Regional Index (Global CPRI) shows that global chemicals production rose 0.1% in April.

June 7, 2017

During April, chemical production increased in North America, Western Europe and Africa and the Middle East.

TECHSIL: Assembly Tapes

June 7, 2017

A new range of adhesive tape solutions can be used to affix exterior badges, emblems, nameplates, trims and decorative embellishments.

New Tin- and Mercury-Free Organometallic Catalysts for CASE Urethane Applications

New catalysts offer performance characteristics in multiple applications.

Bing Hsieh Ravi Ravichandran Robert Coughlin John Florio

June 7, 2017

Isocyanates react with compounds that have active hydrogens. For example, in coating applications, isocyanates are typically reacted with polyols to form polyurethanes, or with primary and secondary amines to form polyureas. Catalysis of the polyol/isocyanate reaction, which is often required to develop sufficient cure response, can be achieved with a variety of compounds.

Wacker Begins Construction on Silica Plant

By integrating the polysilicon and HDK production systems, the company hopes to achieve optimum flexibility in reprocessing tetrachlorosilane into a marketable product.

June 6, 2017

Wacker Chemie recently started construction on the HDK® pyrogenic silica plant located adjacent to its Charleston, Tenn., polysilicon plant.

Composite Adhesives Market to Be Worth $1.78 Billion

Currently, the North America region is reported as the largest for the composite adhesives market, in terms of both value and volume with the U.S.

June 6, 2017

The market was valued at $1.13 billion in 2016 and is projected to reach $1.78 billion by 2022, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.9% from 2017 to 2022.