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Evonik has expanded its portfolio of amorphous poly-alpha-olefins for the adhesives industry to include a sustainable product range. 

The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) recently announced that Brian Peters has been named director of Membership and Industry Programs. 

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Hexion Holdings Corp. has announced the closing of its acquisition by affiliates of American Securities LLC.

Orion Engineered Carbons is a global supplier of carbon blacks. The long-established Luxembourg-based company, with sites and facilities in the U.S., Germany, and China, produces a wide range of carbon blacks (e.g., high-performance specialty gas blacks, acetylene blacks, furnace blacks, lamp blacks, thermal blacks, and others). These materials are used to tint, color, and enhance the performance of polymers, plastics, paints and coatings, inks and toners, textile fibers, adhesives and sealants, tires, and other mechanical rubber goods.

DuPont recently announced that it continues to monitor the escalating crisis in Ukraine. Due to recent developments, DuPont has decided to suspend its business operations in Russia and Belarus. 

A new polyol (PCD-b-PPG) has been synthesized that has a low viscosity of around 800-3,000 mPa·s (at 25˚C, liquid state) and is transparent due to the use of PCD as an initiator, even after storing for a long duration. The new PCD-b-PPG polyol can be applied to coating applications where transparency is required. In addition, it may contribute to other CASE applications and solvent-free urethane compositions that can take advantage of its low viscosity.