Chemtura Corp. (Philadelphia, Pa.; www.chemtura.com) has announced that three of its major production sites are now increasing capacity for its Naugalube alkylated diphenyl amine (ADPA) liquid antioxidants to prevent predicted future shortages of antioxidants in the automotive petroleum additive industry…
Abengoa (Seville, Spain; www.abengoa.com) has announced the official grand opening of its second-generation cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton, Kan., located about 90 miles southwest of Dodge City. Abengoa’s new biorefinery finished construction in mid-August and began producing cellulosic ethanol…
Kuraray Co. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kuraray.co.jp/en) has reached an agreement to sell the European polyvinyl butyral (PVB) film business formerly owned by subsidiaries of DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) to GVC S.A., a Luxembourg-based subsidiary company of GVC Holdings, Inc. (Montvale, N.J.;…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki; www.kemira.com) will make a multimillion-Euro investment in a production line expansion of process and functional chemicals at the San Giorgio site in Italy. The production commences in early 2015 and is expected reach full production capacity by the…
A. Schulman, Inc. (Akron, Ohio; www.aschulman.com) has announced that it has signed an agreement and a strategic partnership with the South Korean polymer producer INITZ for the compounding and marketing of INITZ Co., Ltd.'s Ecotran polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) compounds. A.…
Cortec Corp. (St. Paul, Minn.; www.cortecvci.com) has announced an expansion of its EcoCortec brand in Europe. At its plant located in Beli Manastir, Croatia, the company has recently introduced a new extrusion line with higher capacity, boosting the plant’s production…
HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG (HIMA; Bruehl, Germany; www.hima.com) has announced a three-year agreement with Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) to provide safety instrumented systems (SIS), components and related services to Borealis sites around the world. HIMA,…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki; www.kemira.com) has announced the inauguration of its biggest water treatment chemicals manufacturing plant. Together with companies involved in the construction, business partners and customers from Germany, France and Benelux, the celebration offers a unique behind-the-scenes glimpse of…
Ashland Inc. (Covington, Ky.; www.ashland.com) and Lion Copolymer Holdings, LLC (Geismar, La.; www.lioncopolymer.com) have announced that they have reached a definitive agreement under which Lion Copolymer will purchase Ashland’s elastomers business based in Port Neches, Tex. The transaction is expected…
The Linde Group (Pullach, Germany; www.linde.com) is set to build a new air-separation unit in the eastern German town of Eisenhüttenstadt, near Frankfurt an der Oder. Around EUR 85 million will be channelled into the plant, which will supply the…