Developed by Rohm and Haas in the 1940s, water-based acrylic emulsion technology filled a need for easy-to-use household paints for a growing suburban population in the United States following World ...

Companies large and small are showing renewed interest in biobased acrylic acid as technological advances and growing consumer concern about sustainability make the product more economically viable.

France's Arkema will wade deeper into the acrylic polymer business by acquiring Dow Chemical's acrylic acid plant in Clear Lake, Texas, and its UCAR acrylic latex business in North America for $50 ...