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Kraton Corporation | March 16, 2022

Kraton Corporation announced it had closed the deal with DL Chemical Co., Ltd. DL Chemical acquired Kraton in an all-cash transaction valued at nearly $2.5 billion. DL Chemical is a prominent petrochemical company having over 46 years of operational experience and a unique technological base in Korea. The company was the first to export polybutene technology to the United States. DL Chemical is the world's largest polybutene producer with a production capacity of 200 KTA year....

The guardian | June 18, 2020

US environmental regulators have decided they will not put restrictions on perchlorate – a rocket fuel ingredient known to harm fetal brain development – in drinking water. The Environmental Protection Agency argued that the federal government, states and public water systems have already taken proactive steps to reduce perchlorate levels. Perchlorate is found in rocket fuel, explosives, fireworks and other products. It can also be naturally occurring. The chemical disrupts the thyro...

Phys.org | June 24, 2020

Since the end of the 19th century, transition metal carbonyls have been an important and familiar class of compound in coordination chemistry and organometallic chemistry. In these materials, carbon monoxide molecules (CO) are bound to transition metals as the central atom. In this subject area, the team of Prof. Dr. Ingo Krossing and Wiebke Unkrig of the Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry at the University of Freiburg has succeeded in synthesizing brand-new transition metal carbony...

Bloomberglaw | April 21, 2020

Chemical manufacturers can’t blame the coronavirus if they miss regulatory deadlines or deadlines to comment on EPA plans that may ultimately limit the chemicals they can use, industry attorneys say. Companies making and using chemicals have been stretched thin, addressing workforce, supply chain disruptions, and other Covid-19 challenges. The Environmental Protection Agency has recognized businesses could face logistical obstacles complying with some environmental regulations and o...