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NAPCO | August 24, 2021

North American Pipe Corporation (NAPCO), a subsidiary of Westlake Chemical Corporation, today announced that it acquired LASCO Fittings LLC, a Brownsville, Tennessee-based, leading designer, engineer and manufacturer of injected-molded PVC fittings, from Aalberts, NV. “We are pleased to complete this important strategic acquisition and to welcome LASCO Fittings and its talented team into the Westlake family of companies,” said Andre Battistin, vice president, NAP...

Chemical Watch | February 10, 2020

Cefic and the Japan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA) have drafted a set of priorities for regulators to consider for future cooperation on chemicals regulations. The initiative follows the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement, which entered into force in February last year. Annual chemicals trade between the two is valued at €11 billion. Enhanced regulatory cooperation would maintain high levels of protection for human health and the environment, Cefic and JCIA say in a joint draft p...

CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT

PPG | June 28, 2021

PPG announced today a five-year preferred paint supplier arrangement with Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, the world's biggest regional theme park business and North America's leading operator of waterparks. The agreement's financial terms were not revealed. Six Flags offers 27 attractions in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, each with hundreds of world-class roller coasters and attractions. The PPG paint materials made available via this partnership will assi...

CEN | February 05, 2020

With its escalating infections, city shutdowns, and nationwide transportation halts, the coronavirus epidemic is starting to strain China’s chemical industry. But experts see the impact as manageable and, they hope, shortlived. By the afternoon of Feb. 5, 24,423 people were confirmed infected with the new virus, 16,678 of them in the central Chinese province of Hubei. The death toll in the province was 472, more than the 349 people who died in China from the SARS virus in 2003. The governm...