Specialty chemical company, Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com), is building a surfactants plant in Zhenjiang, Eastern China to help meet the needs of the country’s growing demand. The new facility is scheduled for production in the middle of 2009. The new…
Process Systems Enterprise (PSE; London, England; www.psenterprise.com), providers of the gPROMS advanced process modeling system and related services to the process industries, and Hyperion Systems Engineering Ltd. (Nicosia, Cyprus; www.hyperion.com.cy) the leading independent simulation-solutions supplier, today announced the appointment of…
LyondellBasell Industries (Rotterdam, Netherlands; www. Lyondellbasell.com), a partner with SAT &Co. and KMGEP of Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries Ltd. (KPI), today reaffirmed its ongoing participation in the development and construction, of an integrated petrochemical complex and a gas separation unit (GSU)…
SolVin (www.solvinpvc.com), a joint venture of Solvay S.A.(Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com), announces the successful startup of new production capacity for Diofan polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) latex at its Tavaux, France, plant. Diofan PVDC latex is a…
Dow Europe GmbH (Horgen, Switzerland; www.dow.com) announced today the start up of a new Solution Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SSBR) plant in Schkopau, Germany. The new facility includes a capacity rights agreement with JSR Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.jsr.co.jp). Dow owns and…
Royal Dutch Shell plc (The Hauge, Netherlands; www.shell.com) and Codexis, Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.; www.codexis.com) have announced an expanded agreement to develop better biocatalysts that could accelerate commercialization of next generation biofuels. Shell also increased its equity stake in Codexis…
Hoerbiger Holding AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.hoerbiger.com) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% ownership of Tritech Compression, Inc. (Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada). Effective, March 2, 2009, the oil field equipment supply and maintenance service company will operate as business…
The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced today that the world’s largest commercial-scale propylene oxide (PO) plant and the first based on the innovative hydrogen peroxide to propylene oxide (HPPO) technology jointly developed by BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com)…
Cambridge Viscosity (www.cambridgeviscosity.com) has announced that the American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) has developed a new standard test method - ASTM D 7483-08 - for the Determination of Dynamic and Kinematic Viscosity of Liquids by Oscillating Piston Viscometer. Oscillating…
Dresser Masoneilan (Houston, Tex.; www.dresser.com), an international leader in the design, manufacture, and support of process control valves and solutions, was recently chosen by steel plant and equipment supplier Danieli India Ltd to provide control valves for the Vizakhapatnam Steel…