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Pilot Chemical Launches New Surfactants to Help Formulators Meet New 1,4-Dioxane Regulations

Pilot Chemical announced today the launch of Calfoam® ES-701 10 MAX and Calfoam® ES-702 10 MAX — drop-in solutions designed to help formulators stay in compliance with new 1,4-Dioxane end use product regulations.

June 23, 2020

Jack Bostock Named Chief Commercial Officer Of Chemvalon Business of InChem Group

Jack Bostock has accepted the position as Chief Commercial Officer, leading the Chemvalon business which is part of the InChem Group, of Rock Hill, S.C. Bostock will also become part of the InChem operating committee.

June 22, 2020

Cambrex Names Thomas Loewald As Chief Executive Officer

Cambrex, the leading small molecule company providing drug substance, drug product and analytical services across the entire drug lifecycle, today announced that Tom Loewald has been named Chief Executive Officer and a member of the company’s Board of Directors, effective September 7th.

June 18, 2020

MFG Chemical Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification on Pasadena, Texas Plant

MFG Chemical, a global leader in specialty and custom chemical manufacturing, has successfully achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification on its 26.7 acre plant in Pasadena, Texas. This is one of four (4) MFG Chemical plants, with three others in Dalton, Georgia and each having already received their ISO 9001: 2015 certifications.

June 15, 2020

Lonza Appoints New Chief Executive Officer

The Board of Lonza announced today that Pierre-Alain Ruffieux has been appointed Chief Executive Officer effective 1 November 2020.

June 5, 2020

Sun Chemical and DIC Corporation Acquire Digital Inks Business from Sensient Technologies Corporation

Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC Corporation, have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Sensient Imaging Technologies and certain other assets related to the production of inks. The transaction is expected to be finalized in the second quarter of 2020.

June 2, 2020

Sun Chemical to Increase Prices on Solvent Inks and Coatings

Sun Chemical will increase the prices of its solvent-based inks and coatings in North America, effective July 1, 2020.

June 1, 2020

Three More Companies Trust in SOCMA for Solutions and Growth

Three new companies were approved to join the growing membership of the Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) by its Board of Governors last week. The addition of Advanced Chemical Concepts (ACC), Revtech and Texas Molecular brings the total number of new members to 11 in the first five months of the year.

May 29, 2020

CJB Applied Technologies, LLC Welcomes James M. Loar as Chief Commercial Officer

CJB Applied Technologies, LLC is pleased to announce James M. Loar ("Jim") has joined the company as Chief Commercial Officer, where he will lead global commercial activities related to innovation, contract development and manufacturing.

May 20, 2020

Moderna and Lonza Announce Worldwide Strategic Collaboration to Manufacture Moderna’s Vaccine (mRNA-1273) Against Novel Coronavirus

Moderna, Inc. and Lonza Ltd. today announced a 10-year strategic collaboration agreement to enable larger scale manufacture of Moderna's mRNA vaccine (mRNA-1273) against the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and additional Moderna products in the future.

May 5, 2020

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