Raw Materials and Chemicals

Hinkle Appointed ANGUS Chemical CFO

June 5, 2015

ANGUS Chemical Co. recently announced the appointment of Scott Hinkle as chief financial officer.

Michelman Receives Growth Award

June 4, 2015

Michelman recently announced it received a “Deal Maker of the Year” award from the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG).

Troy to Acquire Ashland’s Industrial Biocides Business

June 3, 2015

Troy Corp. recently announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the industrial biocides business from Ashland Inc.

Submissions for the ASI Readers’ Choice Awards Are Open!

Companies are invited to submit their best-of-the-best products(s) for consideration in the 2015 ASI Readers’ Choice Awards.

Susan Sutton

June 2, 2015

After all of the nominations are in, our readers will vote for their favorites.

CLARIANT: Hot-Melt Materials

June 2, 2015

This company has reportedly created a toolbox for formulators to design hot melts with superior performance for any need, using sustainable processing.

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.