Royal Adhesives & Sealants

BASF, Evonik | July 27, 2020

Chemical firms’ search for growth is taking them to China to invest in young companies with new technology. BASF and Evonik Industries are backing SmartAHC, an animal health monitoring start-up based in Chengdu and Shanghai. SmartAHC is targeting pig farms for its networked monitoring devices and software that use artificial intelligence to identify individual pigs, track their location, and measure their temperature and fertility. It can help farmers detect and isolate sick animals to pre...

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

Sigura | August 31, 2021

Sigura Water announced an exclusive license agreement of PristineBlue® and AlgaeShield® Performance Chemistry™ water treatment systems for recreational and commercial swimming pools. This new relationship leverages the marketing, services, and distribution depth of Sigura Water to bring the high quality, proprietary chemistry solutions of ESL to more pool owners. "PristineBlue is a unique copper-based chemistry, unlike others in the market, that gives trouble-fr...

CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT

Dow Chemical | January 28, 2021

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Justice and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) declared a settlement with Dow Chemical Company and two subsidiaries, Performance Materials NA Inc. what's more, Union Carbide Corporation, that will dispose of thousands of tons loads of air pollution from four of Dow's petrochemical manufacturing facilities in Texas and Louisiana. The settlement settle claims that Dow and its subsidiaries disre...

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

Inter Pipeline Ltd. | July 06, 2022

Inter Pipeline Ltd. announced it has successfully commissioned its polypropylene plant and has begun initial production. Branded Heartland Polymers the operation is the only one of its kind in North America, offering the market one of only two new sources of PP in over a decade. Due to its unique location, modern design and technology and transport optionality, Heartland is expected to be one of the most sustainably produced, reliable options in the industry. "<...