Archroma is a global, diversified provider of specialty chemicals serving the branded and performance textiles, packaging and paper, and coatings, adhesives and sealants markets.

Headquartered in Pratteln, Switzerland, the company operates a highly integrated, customer-focused platform that delivers specialized performance and color solutions in over 100 countries.

Archroma works with 2,800 employees in 31 countries and with 25 production sites.

About BASF’s Dispersions & Resins Division

The Dispersions & Resins division of BASF develops, produces and markets a range of high-quality polymer dispersions, resins, additives and electronic materials worldwide. These raw materials are used in formulations for a number of industries, including coatings, construction, adhesives, printing and packaging, electronics and paper. With its comprehensive product portfolio and its extensive knowledge of the industry, the Dispersions & Resins division offers its customers innovative and sustainable solutions and helps them advance their formulations. For further information about the Dispersions & Resins division, please visit www.dispersions-resins.basf.com.

About BASF

BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has more than 16,700 employees in North America and had sales of $25.9 billion in 2021. For more information about BASF’s North American operations, visit www.basf.com/us.

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Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation and leading business positions to achieve profitable growth. The Company’s ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company, with a purpose to deliver a sustainable future for the world through our materials science expertise and collaboration with our partners. Dow’s portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer care. Dow operates 106 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 35,700 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $39 billion in 2020. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.dow.com or follow @DowNewsroom on Twitter.

Ingredion is a global ingredient solutions company with a rich legacy of exceptional performance and market-leading sustainable innovation.   

Our geographic footprint, diverse organization, and commitment to understanding industry trends and customer challenges allow us to deliver Sustainable Solutions on a global scale while meeting the needs of local markets.  

Ingredion’s comprehensive plant-based portfolio of coating binders, surface treatments, and barrier coatings from natural sources opens a world of opportunity to meet sustainability, performance, and cost targets across packaging applications.  

Partner with Ingredion experts for solutions to your toughest formulation and innovation challenges.  To learn more information visit www.ingredion.com

Kuraray’s polyvinyl alcohol portfolio consists of KURARAY POVAL ™, Elvanol ® and Exceval. These sustainable barrier coatings make products stronger and transform ordinary paper and paperboard products into exceptional products — from pulp to paper, glue to glass. Kuraray’s PVOH-derived resins are used in diverse applications across industries. For more information visit www.kuraray-poval.com.”

Making Life Better Is Our Specialty

As the largest and fastest-growing manufacturer of specialty papers in North America, Pixelle Specialty Solutions® offers a comprehensive portfolio of products that make life look better every day. From the first cup of to-go coffee in the morning to the bestsellers we read at night, we improve life through innovation, quality and expertise. Our high-performance solutions help customers achieve superior converting results for products that boost brand appeal, improve user experience and support sustainability goals. Let’s work together to make life a little better.

Sekisui Specialty Chemical’s mission is to be a leading innovative polymer solutions provider, utilizing its prominent technologies and dedicated associates to create sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, and healthier life for people everywhere.

In June of 2009, Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. acquired Celanese’s PVOH (polyvinyl alcohol) business, taking control of facilities in Calvert City, KY; Pasadena, TX; one unit within a complex in Tarragona, Spain; as well as resources in the company’s Houston Technology Center. The Celanese acquisition resulted in Sekisui Specialty Chemicals establishing entities in the United States, Europe, and Mexico. Through these three entities, Sekisui Specialty Chemicals endeavors to expand on new applications for polyvinyl alcohol products, delivering consistent quality and service to our customers worldwide.

In 2018, Sekisui Specialty Chemicals also began representing 3 new brands: Durastream CPVC compound and resins, Advancell thermo-expandable microspheres, and SLEC BK polyvinyl acetal resins. These new products come with the decades of Sekisui Chemical Group experience and worldwide support in each industry. SSC represents these products globally, and we are ready to collaborate with customers to create tomorrow’s essential products.

Sekisui Specialty Chemicals part of the multibillion-dollar, multinational company SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group. SSC is one of 11 subsidiaries of Sekisui America Corporation and one of 9 subsidiaries in of Sekisui in Europe. Sekisui Chemical Group is a global company that delivers a wide range of products and services to enrich people’s lives. Sekisui has been striving to ‘produce a better world with creative technologies’ since its formation in 1947. The company is comprised of core businesses and technologies in housing, social infrastructure, and chemical solutions.

We are the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company.

We are recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. Our 96,000 employees operate a network of 2,700 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world.

Wherever you are, whatever your industry, our experts worldwide provide specialized solutions to make your business faster, simpler and more efficient.

Suzano is the world’s largest producer of market pulp. A reference in the innovation and production of renewable, bio-based materials from eucalyptus trees for consumer and industrial use. Our responsibly grown materials provide over 2 billion people in more than 100 countries including, among others, market pulp, printing and writing paper, tissue, paper cups and straws, paperboard packaging, toilet paper and textiles, while our fluff for absorbent products is found in diapers and feminine hygiene items. Suzano is guided by the purpose of Renewing life inspired by trees. Innovability, or the pursuit of sustainable solutions through innovation, is at the core of all its work to meet society’s challenges. Suzano’s history spans 99 years and is listed on the B3 stock exchange in Brazil (SUZB3) and the NYSE (SUZ) in the United States. Learn more at: suzano.com.br/en

With a strong customer focus and a business DNA built on innovation and reliability, UMV ­Coating Systems has become the global technology leader in the development and supply of surface ­treatment technology to the coated ­paper and board industries. The UMV Coating Systems range of products and services ­includes all of the equipment and know-how necessary for ­complete coating solutions.
In addition to advanced equipment for single or double-sided ­surface sizing, pigmenting and coating, UMV Coating ­Systems takes responsibility for complete ­coating ­sections, including pre-study, design, manufacture, ­installation supervision, training, startup and continuous improvement.
INVO^® Coater and INVO^® Tip are the latest of many unique ­products from UMV Coating Systems.
Benchmark coating profiles are the result of the ABC™ Profiling System that fits in any coater. TWIN ABC™ is compact and coats two sides ­simultaneously – and now INVO^® Tip, the energy-­saving and production-boosting metering element for excellent fiber ­coverage, print quality coverage and barrier properties.
UMV Coating Systems has world-leading expertise within ­Coating and Sizing for the Board and Paper ­Industry. This comes from more than 50 years of global experience with over 600 ­installations. We serve ­demanding customers with ­innovative and cost-saving technologies, consumables and machinery. At our cutting-edge Pilot Plant our crew is at your disposal.