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Chemical Technology

SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY | August 20, 2021

The Sherwin-Williams Company today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the European industrial coatings business of Sika AG. The transaction is expected to close in the beginning of 2022. Based in Germany with additional sales and technical support in Poland, Austria and Switzerland, Sika's European industrial coating business engineers, manufactures and sells corrosion protection coating systems for high value interior and exterior steel infrastructure, bridges, a...

Chemical Management

ECOTEC | February 04, 2022

Ecotec International Holdings, LLC (“ECOTEC”), a global leader in methane emissions monitoring, is pleased to announce a strategic investment by funds managed by Intrepid Investment Management, LLC, the investing arm of Intrepid Financial Partners, L.L.C. Intrepid is a leading energy-focused merchant bank with over 50 employees, and expertise in upstream, midstream, downstream, oilfield services and energy transition. ECOTEC provides a comprehensive suite of patented, cutting-edge in...

Univar Solutions | June 30, 2020

Univar Solutions Inc. ("Univar Solutions"), a global chemical and ingredient distributor and provider of value-added services, announced today that it has reached an agreement with Vink Chemicals to distribute a portfolio of biocides in Brazil. The new authorization from Vink, a specialty biocide and biocidal products producer, includes brands appropriate for a wide variety of industries such as homecare and industrial cleaning, energy, and performance chemicals as well as coatings, ad...

Prnewswire | August 26, 2020

The Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC), rose by 2.5 percent in August on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis following a 3.0 percent gain in July. On a year-over-year (Y/Y) basis, the barometer was down 6.1 percent in August. The unadjusted data show a 1.8 percent gain in August following a 1.5 percent gain in July and a 4.1 percent gain in June. The diffusion index rose from 41 percent to 59 percent this month &n...