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Cargill recently announced the completion of its acquisition of Croda's Smart Materials business.

One Rock Capital Partners LLC recently announced that one of its affiliates has successfully completed the acquisition of Prefere Resins Group from Silverfleet Capital. 

Ashland Global Holdings Inc. recently announced plans to change its legal name from “Ashland Global Holdings Inc.” to “Ashland Inc.” 

For the sixth consecutive year, Dow has received a top score on the Disability Equality Index^® (DEI) – a benchmarking tool for the Fortune 1000 and Am Law 2001 to measure disability workplace inclusion. 

Arkema announced plans to acquire Polimeros Especiales, a waterborne acrylic resins provider in Mexico. 

Elkem has released results for the second quarter of 2022, reporting total operating income for the quarter of NOK 12,326 million (approx. $1,236 million), up 68% from the corresponding quarter last year.

The most successful companies are focusing on taking control of their end-to-end supply chain with cross-functional, cross-organizational, collaborative programs such as sales and operations planning (S&OP), which is also known as sales, inventory, and operations planning (SIOP).

BASF SE has given final approval for the construction of the planned Verbund site in Zhanjiang in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. 

Huntsman Corp. recently announced the start of commercial operation of a new methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) splitter at its Geismar site in Louisiana. 

Covestro recently announced that it has broken ground on two new plants in Shanghai to meet the rising demand for polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) and elastomers.