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Global software developer eschbach, the provider of Shiftconnector® enterprise software platform for process manufacturing, announces that it has received a Bronze Sustainability Rating from EcoVadis, which ranks the company in the top 50th percentile of organizations rated across the world. Achieving such a high ranking from EcoVadis, the world's largest and most trusted provider of business sustainability assessments, reinforces eschbach's commitment to sustainability at all levels of its business.

Archroma, a global leader in sustainable specialty chemicals and solutions for industries such as textiles, packaging & paper, paints and coatings, today announced that it has secured all regulatory approvals required to complete the acquisition of the Textile Effects business from Huntsman Corporation (“Huntsman Textile Effects”).

IGM Resins, leading global provider of energy curing raw material solutions, is proud to announce an exclusive supply and distribution agreement with Qualipoly Chemical Corporation, a global leader in the industrial supplies market.

Sustainable solutions provider Perstorp has added new corporate sustainability targets, for water and waste, to its sustainability strategy. Its long-term sustainability ambition is to become Finite Material Neutral, which involves water and waste, along with raw materials, energy and catalysts. In 2021 the company set its first 2030 targets, for greenhouse gas emissions (using approved science-based targets) and (eco) toxic impact. Now Perstorp has added new sustainability targets that will address its long-term ambition.

At ICE Europe, which will take place in Munich from March 14-16, 2023, UV equipment manufacturer IST METZ will present UV solutions for the most complex requirements of the converting industry in hall A5 at booth 1546.

With the Earth population reaching 8 billion in November 2022, the need to address the issue of textile waste becomes more critical.

Sustainable solutions provider Perstorp is investing in a unique project that will allow it to use wastewater from a nearby municipal treatment plant for production operations in Stenungsund, Sweden. This will save 1.1 billion litres of fresh water per year.

For BYK, a leading global manufacturer of specialty chemicals, the Shanghai integrated site is the second production facility in China following BYK Tongling. The total investment of the phase II project (SCIP II), covering an area of 1.16 hectares, is in the low double-digit million euro amount, and the site is designed for an annual capacity of 4,750 tons. The entire phase II project was officially completed on March 18, 2022, and the first pail of the surface additive BYKETOL-OK, which is applicable for automotive and industrial coatings, rolled off the production line on July 8.