Cognis spins off Process Chemicals business

03/07/2007

With the aim of ensuring long-term competitiveness and enhancing product and service quality, German chemicals company Cognis has spun off its Process Chemicals strategic business unit, which will now trade as an independent company under the name of Pulcra Chemicals GmbH.

The new company will manufacture a range of chemicals for the fibre, textile, and leather industries covering the beamhouse, tanning, and finishing processes, and will operate sites and service centres in Germany, Turkey, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, and the USA.