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Chemicalwatch | April 28, 2020

Meetings of the UN's conventions on chemicals and waste will be held online in June as a consequence of the international travel restrictions and confinement measures in place to contain the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, according to the convention secretariat's executive secretary Rolph Payet. The bureau meeting for the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs), set to be held on 10 June in Geneva, should see a relatively smooth transition online, Dr Payet told Chemi...

CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT

Intertape Polymer Group Inc. | March 09, 2022

Intertape Polymer Group Inc. announced that it has agreed with Clearlake Capital Group, L.P, to acquire outstanding shares of IPG for CDN$40.50 per share. The valuation of the share is approximately US$2.6 billion, also including net debt. The closing price of IPG common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange on March 7, 2022, was recorded about 66% to the volume-weighted average trading price of IPG common shares. This means that IGP will become a privately held company sooner. On ...

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 TECHNOLOGY

Origin Materials, Inc. | February 07, 2022

Origin Materials, Inc. the world’s leading carbon negative materials company with a mission to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials, and the Green Chemistry Division of the Minafin Group a global specialty chemical company, are entering into a strategic partnership to industrialize high-value specialty materials based on Origin’s carbon-negative materials. The partnership includes multiple collaboration areas and is an important milestone for br...