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Glander Named BYK-Chemie Managing Director

June 2, 2015

BYK-Chemie GmbH recently announced that Stephan Glander, Ph.D., has been appointed to the position of managing director and worldwide president of BYK Additives & Instruments.

Bayer MaterialScience Will Be Renamed Covestro

June 1, 2015

Bayer recently announced that the new name of its MaterialScience business will be Covestro, effective September 1.

Understanding OSHA's Revised Hazard Communication Standard

Chemical producers and shippers will encounter challenges with the GHS - here's what you need to know.

Daniel Levine

June 1, 2015

As a response to the multiple definitions of hazard—and multiple ways of communicating these hazards—the United Nations adopted the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) in 2003.

Advancing Adhesives: Bio-Based Succinic Acid Polyester Polyols

Sustainable building blocks provide multiple benefits for performance-driven TPUs, PUDs and coatings.

William D. Coggio Ivan Hevus Prof. Dean C. Webster Alan Schrock Baylen Thompson Kenneth Ulrich Natalie Dzadek

June 1, 2015

Bio-based succinic acid provides researchers and product developers a valuable and innovative sustainable platform chemical for differentiable, high-performance polyurethane (PU) materials.

Bio-Based Feedstocks for Adhesives and Sealants: Everything Old is New Again

Recent years have seen a near adversarial relationship between bio-based product manufacturers and petrochemical companies.

Lee Colyer Speight

June 1, 2015

This is a call for innovation and collaboration. The ascent - or, more appropriately - re-ascent of renewable chemistry provides great promise for the adhesives and sealants industry.

Top 5 News that Sticks

New ASC Members Reach Top Spot

New membership in the Adhesive and Sealant Council garnered the most reader interest last week.

Susan Sutton

June 1, 2015

This weekly roundup highlights the adhesives, sealants and coatings news stories that garnered the most attention during the previous week.

WACKER Expands Moscow Technical Center

May 29, 2015

WACKER recently announced it has expanded its technical center in Moscow, Russia.

Celanese Announces Executive Appointments

May 28, 2015

Celanese Corp. recently announced the appointment of Pat Quarles as executive vice president and president for Acetyl Chain and Integrated Supply Chain.