Contents
MATERIALS
Songwon launches new family of flame-retardant synergists and extends stabilizers portfolio 1
Clariant extends oxygen scavengers range; agrees sale of masterbatches business 2
Silvergate unveils NIR-detectable black masterbatch to enhance sustainability 3
Gabriel-Chemie introduces taggant technology and presents latest colour trend forecast 4
Croda’s Incroslip SL slip additive granted release from US SNUR regulations 5
Clariant and Americhem reveal their colour predictions for 2021 5

COMPANY STRATEGIES
Chroma Color continues to expand with acquisition of Plastics Color 6
Italmatch acquires phosphorus recovery technology from ICL 6
Solvay brings new US capacity online for high molecular weight HALS 7
Magnifin proceeds with plan for second production site 7
BASF to expand production capacity for Irganox 1520L at Italian site 8
Tolsa opens clay processing plant 8

FINANCIALS
Eastman sees sales and earnings fall in fourth quarter and full-year 2019 9
Cabot posts results for 1Q fiscal 2020; agrees acquisition of Chinese CNT producer 10
LyondellBasell reports declines in sales and income in 2019 11
EVENTS CALENDAR 12