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Elkem has released results for the second quarter of 2022, reporting total operating income for the quarter of NOK 12,326 million (approx. $1,236 million), up 68% from the corresponding quarter last year.

The most successful companies are focusing on taking control of their end-to-end supply chain with cross-functional, cross-organizational, collaborative programs such as sales and operations planning (S&OP), which is also known as sales, inventory, and operations planning (SIOP).

BASF SE has given final approval for the construction of the planned Verbund site in Zhanjiang in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. 

AkzoNobel recently announced plans to invest €20 to increase and improve production at two of its sites in France.

Huntsman Corp. recently announced the start of commercial operation of a new methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) splitter at its Geismar site in Louisiana. 

H.B. Fuller Co. has entered a strategic partnership in North America with Enimac, an international tape application equipment manufacturer.

Mule-Hide Products Co. Inc. announced that Chris Kuykendall has joined the company’s product management team as fluid-applied segment manager. 

Fedrigoni recently announced that it was awarded a platinum medal by the international ESG rating agency Ecovadis.

Avery Dennison Performance Tapes recently announced a new automotive electronics portfolio for OEMs and suppliers. 

Contaminated printed circuit board assemblies can lead to poor performance. Oils and flux residue can prevent proper adhesion of conformal coatings, while marking inks, adhesives, and other materials can cause PCB delamination, blistering, shorting, dendrite growth, and electrochemical migration. It is therefore critical to remove all leftover manufacturing contaminants and to do it in an environmentally sustainable way.