Chemours Announces Appointment of Denise Dignam as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company

26-Mar-2024 - The Chemours Company announced the appointment of Denise Dignam, current Interim Chief Executive Officer, to the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Ms. Dignam joined Chemours in 2015. She brings over 35 years of ...

The Chemours Company to sell glycolic acid business for $137 million

05-Jun-2023 - The Chemours Company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Glycolic Acid business for $137 million in cash to PureTech Scientific Inc., a company founded and backed by Iron Path Capital, a private equity firm focused on lower-middle market investments across the specialty industrial ...

Chemours Announces Participation in Versogen’s Development of Clean Hydrogen Technology

Continues Chemours’ focus on advancing sustainable innovation in hydrogen production via water electrolysis

16-May-2022 - The Chemours Company announced its participation in a fundraising for Wilmington, Delaware-based Versogen Inc., a start-up in developing anion exchange membrane (AEM) technology for use in hydrogen production. Founded by University of Delaware professor Yushan Yan, Versogen’s AEM technology ...

LANXESS closes acquisition of Chemours' Clean and Disinfect business

Antitrust authorities approve LANXESS’ first acquisition following realignment

02-Sep-2016 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS closed the acquisition of the Clean and Disinfect business of U.S.-based chemicals company Chemours on August 31, 2016. All relevant antitrust authorities have approved the transaction. LANXESS has paid around EUR 210 million for the Clean and Disinfect ...

LANXESS takes over Chemours’ Clean and Disinfect specialties business

First acquisition after successful completion of realignment program

27-Apr-2016 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is expanding its portfolio of material protection products by taking over the Clean and Disinfect business of US-based chemical company Chemours. The business comprises active ingredients as well as specialty chemicals used especially in disinfectant and ...

Chemours Breaks Ground for World’s First Full-Scale Production of HFO-1336mzz

30-Nov-2015 - The Chemours Company announced that, along with its partner Changshu 3F Zhonghao, it has broken ground on the world’s first full-scale production facility for HFO-1336mzz in Changshu, Jiangsu Province, China. This site, expected to begin production mid-year 2017, will provide increased capacity ...

Chemours Consolidates and Strengthens TiO2 Business

24-Aug-2015 - The Chemours Company announced two decisions that are elements of the company's five-point transformation plan. The company will close its Edge Moor manufacturing site located outside Wilmington, Delaware, which produces titanium dioxide (TiO2) and will shut down a TiO2 line (line 3) at its ...

The Chemours Company Marks Planned Spin-Off by Ringing the NYSE Opening Bell

01-Jul-2015 - The Chemours Company marksits expected spin-off from DuPont on July 1, 2015 by ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). “Just as today’s bell-ringing ceremony signals the opening of a new trading day for the stock exchange, it marks a new and exciting beginning for Chemours ...

DuPont Fluoropolymer Solutions and Chenguang form strategic collaboration to better serve the fast-growing Chinese market for fluoroelastomers

Companies announce formation of a fluoroelastomers joint venture

11-Feb-2015 - DuPont Fluoropolymer Solutions (DuPont) and Zhonghao Chenguang Chemical Research Institute Company Limited (Chenguang), a subsidiary of China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), today announced a key action to serve China’s rapidly expanding fluoroelastomer market through world-class ...