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To start us off, Jowat’s Gerhard Haas asks: How can we make adhesives and bonding processes more sustainable? Luckily, he also provides some insightful answers clustered under a central recommendation to seek a holistic approach to sustainability. Learn more in “Green Bonding.”

Chromaflo Technologies has named Jabu Banda commercial director, sub-Saharan Africa.

IMCD N.V. has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the business and the subsidiaries of Quelaris Internacional S.A., a Latin American regional raw material distributor with offices in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Peru. 

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Barentz recently announced that Matt McGraw has been named operations manager for the company’s CASE & Plastics Vertical.

A new solution has been developed in the form of pre-dispersed masterbatches of core-shell particles in (meth)acrylate monomers. These new liquid toughener dispersions are stable and have been proven to increase the toughness of acrylic materials. The utility of these tougheners has been demonstrated in light-curable thermoset formulations and in 2K acrylic structural adhesives.

Dow recently announced that it has been named to FORTUNE’s World’s Most Admired Companies list for 2022.

As part of its Grow & Deliver strategy, AkzoNobel has announced plans to invest in the expansion of in-house resin manufacturing.

Covestro has received the internationally recognized ISCC Plus mass balance certification for its Leverkusen and Dormagen sites.