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Beckers Opens New Plant in India

Beckers Group, through its joint venture Berger-Becker, has opened a resin manufacturing plant in Nagpur, India. According to Beckers Group, the plant will produce renewable and recycled-content resins, a category that is reshaping transitions toward more circular material flows. These advanced resins include recycled PET, Wet IPA and other alternative feedstocks to improve resource efficiency and lower the carbon footprint compared with conventional petrochemical-derived resins. Read More…

Westlake Epoxy’s Deer Park, Texas, Site Achieves ISCC PLUS Certification

Westlake Corporation announced that its Westlake Epoxy plant in Deer Park, Texas has received International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS. The certification covers liquid epoxy resins(LER), solid epoxy resins, and liquid epoxy blends that combine LER with reactive modifiers, serving key end-use segments such as industrial coatings, construction, wind energy, composites, automotive and electronics. Existing and new customers will have access to these ISCC+ mass balance-attributed content of certified renewable feedstock. Read More…

Ascent Industries Co. Completes Acquisition of Midwest Graphic Sales

Ascent Industries Co. announced the completion of its acquisition of substantially all the assets of Midwest Graphic Sales and Sigma Coatings (together, “Midwest”), a specialty chemical formulator serving coatings for high-value packaging applications across food, pharmaceutical, and personal care end markets, as well as food service disposables and other consumer applications. Read More…