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LANXESS makes strong start to fiscal year 2022

In a challenging environment, specialty chemicals company LANXESS made a strong start to the year 2022. Today, it confirmed the preliminary figures for the first quarter released on April 19. LANXESS is also confident going into the second quarter, in which the Group expects EBITDA pre exceptionals of between EUR 280 million and EUR 350 million.

May 5, 2022

Nation Ford Chemical Achieves Platinum EcoVadis Certification

Nation Ford Chemical (NFC) has been recognized by achieving a Platinum sustainability rating from EcoVadis, the world's largest and most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings.

May 3, 2022

Womble Bond Dickinson Adds M&A Partner in Charlotte, N.C.

Womble Bond Dickinson announced today that Damian C. Georgino has joined the firm’s Corporate and Securities Group as a partner in the Charlotte, N.C. office. Damian advises U.S. and international corporations, including Fortune 50 companies, financial institutions, private equity funds, and other investors in complex transactions involving water and wastewater, energy, industrial/manufacturing, infrastructure, technology, and natural resource projects.

April 25, 2022

Cambrex Completes Large-Scale US API Expansion

Cambrex announced today the completion of a $50 million expansion of its large-scale active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing capabilities at its Charles City, Iowa facility. The startup of the new manufacturing space is the culmination of a two-year project, originally announced in 2020, to increase the capacity of Cambrex’s flagship API facility by 30%.

April 12, 2022

Pilot Chemical Becomes Exclusive Marketer of Integrity Bio-Chemicals’ Sustainable, High-Performance Biosurfactants in North American Markets

Pilot Chemical Corp. today announced an agreement with Integrity Bio-Chemicals (IBC) to be the exclusive marketer of IBC’s Tegrasurf TM line of high-performance biosurfactants into the North American Household, Industrial & Institutional (HI&I) markets. Tegrasurf TM products offer a substantial reduction in carbon footprint relative to many conventional surfactants while also exhibiting superior performance in foam stability and surface tension reduction.

April 4, 2022

Milliken expanding capacity, warehousing space at recently acquired Zebra-chem facilities in Germany

Milliken & Company is moving boldly to address anticipated market needs by expanding the facilities and capacity it acquired last March via its purchase of Germany’s Zebra-chem GmbH. Zebra-chem is a specialty compounder and chemicals company that makes additive and blowing agent concentrates for polyolefins, PVC and engineering thermoplastics.

April 4, 2022

Haynes Boone Elevates 11 Lawyers to Counsel in 2022

Haynes and Boone, LLP has promoted to counsel 11 lawyers from the firm’s Austin, Dallas, Dallas-North, Denver, Houston, London, Orange County, Palo Alto, and San Francisco offices.

March 21, 2022

LANXESS significantly increases sales and earnings in fiscal year 2021

LANXESS closed fiscal year 2021 successfully. Despite immense increases in energy, raw material and freight costs, the specialty chemicals company significantly improved its sales and earnings.

March 11, 2022

New SOCMA Board Convenes in Fort Worth as Trade Show Kicks Off

The Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates’ (SOCMA) Board of Governors held its first in-person meeting of 2022 on Monday, February 28, in Fort Worth, TX, to kick off the association’s new trade show.

March 1, 2022

Cambrex Expands Biopharmaceutical Services Business

Cambrex, a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) providing drug substance, drug product, and analytical services across the entire drug lifecycle, today announced it is significantly expanding its existing biopharmaceutical testing services business.