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UNIFI, Inc. the makers of REPREVE and one of the world’s leading innovators in recycled and synthetic yarns, today announced its seventh annual REPREVE Champions of Sustainability Award recipients. These annual awards celebrate the industry pioneers who have recycled over 40 billion plastic bottles into new products through REPREVE. UNIFI applauds the following partners as leading stewards of sustainability: NIKE and Rothy’s® are re

LyondellBasell, a global leader in the chemical industry, is proud to announce the establishment of a new distribution hub in Hungary for its polyolefins grades. This move is part of our ongoing commitment, also illustrated by the opening of the UK hub in November 2023, to enhancing the customer experience by placing inventories closer to our customers' facilities reducing lead times on orders. This distribution hub in Hungary is an important addition to the LyondellBasell globa

The Board of Directors of Avient Corporation a leading provider of specialized and sustainable materials solutions, has declared a quarterly cash dividend of twenty-five and three-quarters cents ($0.2575) per share on the common stock outstanding, to be paid on July 10, 2024, to stockholders of record on June 21, 2024. About Avient Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable materials solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunit

BASF will expand its biomass balance offering to include BMBCertTM 1,4-butanediol  tetrahydrofuran polytetrahydrofuran  and propylamine  In addition to the production site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, the site in Geismar, Louisiana, has also achieved certifications for all these products. The Ulsan site in South Korea has obtained certification for PolyTHF. With these certifications, BASF can now offer its customers regionally produced ISCC PLUS and REDcert2-certified products for

a pioneer of purpose-built handheld and desktop devices for chemical and biochemical analysis, today announced it will participate in the following investor conferences. 2024 Leerink Partners Healthcare Crossroads Conference, Austin, Texas Fireside chat on Wednesday, May 29 at 8:00 a.m. Central Time / 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time William Blair 44th Annual Growth Stock Conference, Chicago, Illinois Presentation on Tuesday, June 4 at 10:40 a.m. Central Time / 11:40 a.m. E

Momentive Performance Materials group a global high-performance silicones and specialty solutions company, today announced that it has been fully acquired by KCC Corporation , resulting in the exit of minority shareholder SJL Partners, LLC. KCC, the company's majority shareholder since 2020, announced the anticipated sale in March. "We are excited to fully bring Momentive into the broader KCC Corporation and anticipate a positive impact with the ownership change as we shift

Solenis, a leading global producer of specialty chemicals used in water-intensive industries, today announced it has been selected as a 2024 Best Managed Company and a Gold Standard winner, which honors organizations that have been recognized for four or more years as Best Managed Companies. The award, sponsored by Deloitte* Private and The Wall Street Journal, recognizes the achievements of U.S. private companies and the successes of their management teams. “We are

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. has decided to establish a new company, Shin-Etsu Silicone  Co., Ltd., in Zhejiang Province, China, and construct a new silicone products plant to expand its silicone business. Shin-Etsu Chemical established Zhejiang Shin-Etsu High-Tech Chemical Co., Ltd. in Zhejiang Province, China, in 2002 to meet the demand for silicone products in China. The company began the production of silicone products in 2003 and has maintained a steady supply in response

Lygos, Inc., a sustainable specialty chemical company, announced today plans to open a state-of-the-art Sustainable Solutions Center in Hayward, CA. Designed as a commercial launch facility, Lygos will scale production of bio-inspired solutions that are designed to replace persistent and carbon intensive chemicals with products that are better, cleaner, and cost effective. The end-to-end solution center will accelerate the development of new, sustainable products for Lygos and its customers.

Marathon Petroleum Corp. today announced its leadership transition plan, with all positions effective August 1, 2024. At that time, MPC President Maryann T. Mannen will succeed Michael J. Hennigan as Chief Executive Officer and will join the Board of Directors; Hennigan will transition from CEO to Executive Chairman of the Board; and, continuing as the Board's strong independent voice, MPC Chairman John Surma has been elected to serve as Lead Director. Hennigan has led MPC as CE

During the NPE in Orlando, Wanhua Chemical has showcased our new material and in-mode coating solutions together with YIZUMI. We have developed the Surface-form Pro product that provides high performance combined with high design flexibility to meet the diversified appearance demand of automotive interior and exterior parts, for example, trim panels. Performance of Surface-form Pro Scratch resistance, self-healing High gloss, transparency, and we

The Mitsubishi Chemical Group  is pleased to announce that BENEBiOL™, a biomass-based polycarbonatediol, has been selected for the interior finish coating at the Lawson Aomori Chiyuuou Koukou-Mae that opened on April 11, 2024 in Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. This is the second Lawson store to use paint made with BENEBiOL™, following the Lawson Obihiro Nishi 21-Jo Minami 4-chome Store. With a view toward reducing CO2 emissions and revitalizing the community,