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Emerald Polymer Additives, a division of Emerald Performance Materials, recently announced it has appointed MidContinental Chemical Inc. (MCC) as its distributor in the U.S.

This company’s new Hostavin 3330 disp. XP reportedly offers an active UV absorber content of 52%.

BYK Kometra recently announced the opening of a new production building in Schkopau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

AkzoNobel recently announced plans to boost capacity at its Battleground, Texas, site.

The high-performance material is reportedly  a viable replacement in select traditional polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMEG) applications.

Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. recently announced plans to build a new plant in Chonburi, Thailand, to increase its capacity to produce acrylic-based resins and service customers in Southeast Asia.

Wacker Chemie AG recently announced it is expanding its production capacity in South Korea for vinyl acetateethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions by constructing a new plant with an annual capacity of 40,000 metric tons.

Headquartered in the Netherlands, IGM Resins is a global specialty chemical company and leading supplier of photoinitiators and acrylates.

Dow Corning® 3055 resin reportedly allows manufacturers of high-performance coatings to formulate low-VOC, next-generation polysiloxane coatings with urethane, epoxy, polyester, alkyd, amine and acrylic systems.

This company’s Zinc Omadine® ZOE™ antimicrobial product and related zinc pyrithione compounds can be used to protect the surfaces of coatings and other dry films from fungal and algal growth.