Nouryon recently announced that it is expanding its partnership with Sumitomo Chemical to include a new facility that Sumitomo is building at its site in Oita, Japan.

Covestro recently announced that it will take a loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for €225 million (approximately $243.7 million) to provide medium-term funding to strengthen its R&D work in the areas of sustainability and circular economy within the European Union (EU).

The Committee for Economic Development (CED) of The Conference Board (CED) recently announced that it is calling for policymakers and businesses to work together to put an emphasis on infrastructure spending now in order to kick-start the U.S. economy in the face of the coronavirus-related downturn.

VanDeMark Chemical recently announced the appointment of Mike Gaffney as chief financial officer (CFO).

RPM International Inc. recently announced that it expects its financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended February 29, 2020, to be at the higher end of its guidance provided on January 8, 2020.

Ashland recently announced that it is increasing prices on 1-4-butanediol (BDO) and several derivative products.

At its existing site in Sarnen, Switzerland, Sika is putting into operation a new production facility for its SikaProof structural waterproofing membrane.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released an expanded list of EPA-registered disinfectant products that have qualified for use against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Ingevity recently announced the appointment of Cambrian Solutions, a Maroon Group company, as distributor for its WestRez and Altatac rosin ester product lines in Canada.

ExxonMobil is looking to significantly reduce spending as a result of market conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and commodity price decreases.