Polyethylene Wax, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and Partially Renewable Chemicals

Mergers and Acquisitions:

SK Capital Closed their acquisition of the Baker Hughes Specialty Polymers business this week. They will be rebranding the business as NuCera Solutions and a leadership change will also occur Steve McKeown being appointed as CEO and Shawn Ham as the CFO. Baker Hughes was always focused on providing goods and services to oilfield sites and there has always been some need for polymers and chemicals in oilfield operations. NuCera originally started as “Bareco…