Covestro LLC recently announced that its current president, Haakan Jonsson, Ph.D., will also take over as chairman of the board of directors, effective January 1, 2020.

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.

Pilot Chemical Co. has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2019 honor by The Cincinnati Enquirer.

Nouryon recently announced a new organizational model as part of its strategy to accelerate growth and drive performance improvement.

Dow and Univar Inc. recently announced that Dow has selected Univar Solutions as a key North American channel to market, distributing Dow’s product portfolio of polyols and isocyanates.

Synthomer recently announced that it has joined the International Association Representing the Nonwovens and Related Industries (EDANA) as an official member.

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The Trump Administration’s decision to raise tariff rates from 10 to 25% on $200 billion in Chinese imports will disproportionately burden specialty chemical manufacturers, according to a statement released by the Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA).

PPG recently announced that two separate and independent reviews of its business portfolio were completed by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, with each firm independently conducting multi-faceted evaluations of PPG’s business portfolio, including potential separation opportunities.

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.