GEO to CPS
CPS Performance Materials, an Arsenal Capital Partners company that is active in performance polymers, fine chemicals and chemical illuminations, has acquired GEO Specialty Chemicals.
ICL-IP to increase bromine capacity
ICL’s Industrial Products division (ICL-IP) is to increase its capacity for elemental bromine and bromine compounds after concluding several strategic agreements with customers in Asia.
Ascensus to buy Callery
Ascensus Specialties, which claims to be the largest global producer of dry and liquid sodium borohydride (SBH), has agreed to acquire Callery from private equity firm, Edgewater Capital.
Vink Chemicals makes two buys
Germany’s Vink Chemicals has in short order acquired ISP Biochema Schwaben, and several ranges of technical biocides and oil and gas additives from Schülke & Mayr.
FEATURE ARTICLE - Why speciality chemical producers must ride the digital wave
Paige Marie Morse, industry director at AspenTech, looks at the specific digital challenges facing speciality chemicals companies.
Clariant concludes miscanthus tests
Clariant has successfully completed tests on about 30 tonnes of miscanthus biomass, proving it to be a suitable feedstock for its Sunliquid process.
DIC to acquire BASF’s pigments business
Japanese firm DIC, which owns pigments producer Sun Chemical, has agreed to acquire BASF’s global pigments business for €1.15 billion.
