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3M Joins Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s CE100 Circular Economy Network

Joining the CE100 is part of 3M’s strategic focus on science for circular, with the ambition to design solutions that do more with less material and advance a global circular economy.
June 21, 2019
3M recently announced that it has joined the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Economy 100 (CE100), which brings together businesses, innovators, cities, governments, and universities committed to collaborating on the transition to a circular economic model.
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Adhesives & Sealants in Paradise: FEICA 2019

FEICA’s 2019 European Adhesive and Sealant Conference & EXPO is expected to attract more than 600 industry leaders from all over the world.
June 21, 2019

This year’s FEICA European Adhesive and Sealant Conference & EXPO will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, from September 11-13.


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ExxonMobil and SABIC Agree to Proceed with Gulf Coast Growth Ventures Project

The joint venture between ExxonMobil and SABIC, called Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, received final environmental regulatory approval in June 2019 to build an ethane steam cracker, two polyethylene, units and a monoethylene glycol unit.
June 19, 2019
ExxonMobil and SABIC recently announced the decision to proceed with the construction of a chemical facility and a 1.8 Mt ethane steam cracker in San Patricio County, Texas.
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Nouryon Sweden microspheres expansion

Nouryon Increases Production Capacity for Expandable Microspheres in Sweden

Nouryon also announced earlier this year that it would invest in a new world-scale Expancel plant in the U.S., subject to final board approval.
June 19, 2019
Nouryon has completed a €20 million (approximately $22.4 million) project in Sundsvall, Sweden, that significantly raises production capacity for its Expancel expandable microspheres.
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Maroon Group Joel Crockett

Maroon Group Expands CASE Division with Addition of Crockett

Located in Franklin, Tenn., Joel Crockett will be responsible for Maroon Group coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE) accounts in Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama.
June 18, 2019
Maroon Group recently announced the appointment of Joel Crockett to the position of account manager.
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Eastman Expands DEHA Capacity at St. Gabriel Site

Diethylhydroxylamine is used primarily in water treatment and in the production of various polymers, such as styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR).
June 18, 2019
Eastman Chemical Co. recently announced the successful completion of a de-bottlenecking of its diethylhydroxylamine (DEHA) unit in St. Gabriel, La.
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