Eastman Chemical Co. recently announced the successful completion of a de-bottlenecking of its diethylhydroxylamine (DEHA) unit in St. Gabriel, La.

H.B. Fuller Co. recently announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its surfactants, thickeners, and dispersants business to Tiarco, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Textile Rubber and Chemical Co., Inc., for $71 million.

Sika recently announced that it is starting operations at a plant in Doha, Qatar, for the production of concrete admixtures.

The Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), an economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC), rose 0.4% in May 2019 on a three-month moving average basis, the third monthly gain after several weak months.

Ashland recently announced the launch of a new nonionic synthetic associative thickener (NSAT).

On a year-over-year basis, the barometer is up 4.1%.

VanDeMark’s chief executive officer Mike Kucharski, who joined the company in 1983, will continue as CEO.

It was the first gain in five months.

A new a water-based polyurethane (PU) dispersion is suitable for formulating biodegradable textile coatings.