Haas Group International

U.S. News | January 30, 2020

Members of a Louisiana city council surprised residents and a representative from a Chinese chemical company at a public hearing by voting to turn down the company's request to build a plant. A vote had not been scheduled for Tuesday night's public hearing in Westwego, news outlets reported. The meeting was intended to provide information about a proposal from Wanhua to build a storage and distribution facility. Eduardo Doval, CEO of the company's U.S. operations, gave a presentation...

Chemical Management

Braskem | May 10, 2022

Braskem the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an industrial scale, announces today the release of three new sustainable 3D printing filament product offerings for the additive manufacturing market. These first of their kind products include 3D printing filaments produced from bio-based ethylene vinyl acetate filament derived from raw sugarcane as well from recycled polyethylene and polypropylenenblended filaments...

Products and Technologies

Milliken | October 19, 2021

Milliken & Company (“Milliken”), a global diversified manufacturer with more than a century and a half of materials science expertise, has formally acquired Encapsys, LLC (“Encapsys”), a world leader in microencapsulation, from the Cypress Performance Group LLC (“Cypress”). The transaction officially closed October 18, 2021.“Moving the needle on sustainability requires big thinking and powerful collaborations. We’re thrilled to welcome Encapsys...

Prnewswire | May 21, 2020

Demand for some of the major polymers and petrochemicals have taken a hit with numerous countries under lockdown. Specialty chemicals used by automobile and construction industries will continue to witness a huge demand drop.