Contents
MATERIALS
Clariant presents highly reflective chrome masterbatch for premium packaging, develops colour range for
new auto application 1
Holland Colours’ latest products offer protection for beer, alternative for laser marking 3
Grafe unveils masterbatch to modify structural and exterior components 3
Lanxess and Kraton introduce new bio-based additives for tyres 4
Nouryon launches new curing agents to improve properties of thermosets 5
Techmer PM and BASF join forces to launch new Ultrason colours forhealthcare 5

COMPANY STRATEGIES
Sinochem building first additives plant outside China 6
Ascend purchases Italian masterbatch and compounding businesses 6
Foster Corp partners with LioChem to expand medical colour masterbatch capability 7
OCSiAl reaches full production capacity at second nanotube synthesis facility 7

FINANCIALS
Lanxess withstands ‘challenging environment’ in 2019, achieves record margin 8
Clariant reports modest local currency sales growth in 2019 but income drops 9
Chemours’ annual sales and earnings decrease in adverse conditions 10
Songwon achieves record annual sales total in 2019 though profit declines 11
EVENTS CALENDAR 12