TPC Group (Houston; www.tpcgrp.com), a provider of C4-based products and services, announced the progress of its comprehensive expansion program to increase polyisobutylene capacity. In early 2013 TPC embarked on an expansion effort to both debottleneck existing capacity and build additional…
Sibur Holding’s (Moscow, www.sibur.com) subsidiary Biaxplen has launched a new production facility of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films in Tomsk. The opening ceremony was attended by Sergey Zhvachkin, Governor of the Tomsk region, Leonid Mikhelson, Chairman of SIBUR Holding’s Board…
Ashai Glass Co., Ltd. (AGC; Tokyo, www.agc.com) has reached an agreement with Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad (Kuala Lumpur; www.petronaschemicals.com) under which AGC will acquire a 78% equity stake in Vietnamese polyvinyl chloride (PVC) company, Phu My Plastics & Chemicals Co.,…
Metso Corp. (Helsinki; www.metso.com) has been chosen by GS Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. (GS E&C), of Seoul, to supply automation for the Dangjin 4 Biomass Power Plant, currently under construction in Dangjin City, about 70 km southwest of Seoul…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) announced that it has acquired an interest in Guimar Engenharia, a privately held company that provides engineering services and project and construction management based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Company officials did not…
Innospec Inc. (Littleton, Colo.; www.innospec.com) announced that it has acquired Bachman Services Inc. and its affiliated companies from its private owners. Bachman is a leader in chemicals and services for the oil and gas industry, based in Oklahoma City, Okla.…
Flextronics International (San Jose, Calif.; www.flextronics.com) has announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Riwisa AG. As a result of the transaction, Flextronics has acquired Riwisa's state-of–the-art manufacturing facilities located in Hagglingen, Switzerland and employees in the…
Plant engineering and construction specialist ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp.com) has reached an agreement with De Nora, an electrochemical technologies supplier based in Milan, Italy, to establish a joint venture (JV). The companies intend to combine their engineering, procurement…
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cpchem.com) announced the completion of its study to expand normal alpha olefin (NAO) capacity at its Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown, Texas and receipt of approval to proceed with detailed engineering, design…
Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem; Los Angeles, Calif.; www.oxychem.com), a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Mexichem, S.A.B. de C.V. (Tlalnepantla, Mexico; www.mexichem.com) have announced the formation of a 50/50 joint venture, Ingleside Ethylene LLC, to build an ethylene cracker with…