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Troy Corp. recently announced it has completed its acquisition of the industrial biocides business from Ashland Inc.

Archroma recently announced it has closed its acquisition of BASF’s global textile chemicals business.

Royal DSM recently announced that Atul Thakrar will join the company to head its Bio-Based Products and Services unit.

Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Rome, Georgia, Peach State Labs develops specialty polymers and other chemicals.

Bayer MaterialScience LLC recently announced it has appointed Jeremy Parker as national sales manager for the spray polyurethane foam (SPF) insulation and roofing materials business.

Manufacturers of adhesives and sealants face an increasingly complicated world, where innovation is essential to survival and ever-expanding regulations threaten their profitability (and sanity!).

The average person comes into contact with solvents - toxic substances that dissolve other substances - thousands of times each day without even thinking about them.

Compliance in a chemical environment not only requires selecting the right personal protective equipment (PPE) for a variety of chemicals, but also must ensure that workers wear the equipment.

Silane-modified organic polymers have been around for more than 40 years, and have proliferated in the coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers (CASE) industry over the past 20 years.

Automakers' search for lighter materials and more fuel-efficient vehicles is a well-covered topic. But there are more layers to the story than the headlines suggest.