Chemicals & Plastics News

THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Epsilyte, a leading North American producer of Expandable Polystyrene (EPS), will increase the price of all grades of EPS by $0.05/lb., effective April 1, 2026, or as contracts permit. These adjustments are the result of the continued increase in raw material costs. About Epsilyte Epsilyte is one of North America’s leading producers of advanced insulative materials. We are a company of scale focused on solving customer needs for lightweight, energy-efficie...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CHEMTRADE LOGISTICS INCOME FUND DECLARES MARCH 2026 DISTRIBUTION...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--H.B. Fuller (NYSE: FUL), the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, today announced a global price adjustment across all product lines, reflecting its commitment to ensuring reliable supply and consistent service to customers in a dynamic global materials environment. In recent weeks, the petrochemical industry has experienced broad‑based constraints affecting availability and raw material costs across the value chain. In response, H.B. Fuller has tak...

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. & SÃO PAULO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Origin Materials, Inc. (“Origin”) (NASDAQ: ORGN, ORGNW), a technology company with a mission to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials, announced a strategic distributor relationship with HP Embalagens, a leader in high-performance thermoformed packaging, for sustainable PET bottlecaps. HP Embalagens expects to purchase PET caps from Origin Materials for sale and distribution to its customer base, including many of the world’...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GROV) (“Grove” or “the Company”), the world’s first plastic neutral retailer, leading sustainable consumer products company, Certified B Corporation, and Public Benefit Corporation, today announced a new partnership with Oceanic Preservation Society (OPS) to launch The Unplastic Shop—an education-led, curated shopping destination designed to help customers reduce plastic exposure where it matters most in everyday routines...

MUNICH & HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KEWAZO, the robotics company transforming heavy industry worldwide, today announced a new funding round backed by Chevron Technology Ventures, Asahi Kasei, Benson Capital, Mana Ventures, Gaingels, and Atlas Ventures, alongside lead investor Schooner Capital and existing investors True Ventures and Cybernetix Ventures. Total funding now reaches $35M. KEWAZO’s lifting robot LIFTBOT is already deployed at more than 20 industrial sites in North America and Europe,...

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Euclid Chemical, a leading manufacturer of specialty chemical products for the concrete and masonry construction industry, is excited to announce the launch of EUCON® R3A, an innovative new admixture designed to help ready-mix producers efficiently manage returned concrete while advancing sustainability and operational efficiency. Returned unhardened concrete has long been a challenge for ready-mix operations. Traditionally, excess material must be disposed of, crush...

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PPG (NYSE: PPG) today announced that it has selected Colours, Inc. of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., as its Automotive Refinish 2025 Platinum Distributor of the Year. The award recognizes a distributor with exceptional service, loyalty, product knowledge and support as part of the PPG PLATINUM DISTRIBUTOR® program. Colours was also awarded the title in 2003 and 2019. Shefali Cromer, PPG director, PPG Platinum Distributor program, U.S. and Canada, Automotive Refinish, pr...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Six engineers from Asahi Kasei were awarded the Tanahashi Prize for their contributions to the development of an alkaline-water electrolysis system....

CORVALLIS, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NuScale & Ebara Elliott Energy partner to examine the development, demonstration and field testing of an industrial scale steam compressor using NPMs...