Huber Specialty Hydrates LLC, a subsidiary of J.M. Huber Corp., recently announced it has acquired the specialty hydrate flame retardant business of Almatis Inc.
The world market for kaolin is projected to grow 3.7% per year through 2015 to 28.4 million metric tons, valued at nearly $4 billion, according to a new study.
Wacker Chemie AG recently announced it is expanding its Chinese polymer activities by investing approximately €40 million (~ $52.8 million) in building two new production facilities at its Nanjing site.