SIRRUS Inc.

NAGASE Specialty Materials NA LLC and Sirrus, Inc. entered a partnership to market and sell Sirrus' CHEMILIAN and FORZA lines of methylene malonate monomers and oligomers, initially focusing on developing applications and markets.

Sirrus Inc. has entered into a joint development agreement with BASF's Coatings Division to develop a new class of high-performance automotive coatings based on Sirrus's methylene malonate technology.

Sirrus completed a $2 million expansion of capacity for methylene malonate monomers and oligomers. The facility will make 2 metric tons per month of the reactive materials.

BASF's Coatings Division entered into a joint development agreement with Sirrus Inc. to develop a new class of high-performance automotive coatings based on Sirrus' proprietary methylene malonate technology.

Sirrus Inc. entered into a joint development agreement with BASF's Coatings Division to develop a new class of high-performance automotive coatings based on Sirrus's methylene malonate technology.

Nippon Shokubai signed a contract to acquire all shares of U.S. chemical technology venture SIRRUS Inc., making it a subsidiary. The deal is expected to close in March 2017. SIRRUS holds technology for diethyl methylene malonate (DEMM) and derivatives.