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Altana acquires wax emulsions business from DSM

| By Mary Page Bailey

The specialty chemicals group Altana (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com) has acquired technologies and customer-specific know-how in the field of polypropylene wax emulsions from Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, The Netherlands; www.dsm.com). The products can be used to coat glass fibers, which are needed for the manufacturing of composites. They are typically used in the construction industry and the automotive sector.