Following a construction phase lasting 20 months, Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) has brought a new spray dryer for the production of dispersible polymer powders on stream in Ulsan, South Korea. The plant is part of an ongoing site…
Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.com) has commissioned a new production plant for air gases in Dung Quất, a coastal city in the center of Vietnam. The air separation plant is located on the site of the new steelwork…
Haldor Topsoe A/S Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan; www.mhiengineering.com) and GTM ONE have signed a license agreement for the design, construction, and operation of a 3,000-ton/d methanol plant based on Topsoe’s SynCOR Methanol technology. The…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and the fine chemical company DIC Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.dic-global.com) have reached an agreement on the acquisition of BASF’s global pigments business. The purchase price on a cash and debt-free basis is €1.15 billion. The…
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced today the successful startup of the JSC EuroChem Northwest Phosphorit 2,890 metric ton per day (m.t./d) ammonia plant in Kingisepp, Russia. The facility's 1-million ton/yr ammonia production capacity is the largest in Europe and relies on…
Six petrochemical companies in Flanders, Belgium, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and the Netherlands (Trilateral Region) today announce the creation of a consortium to jointly investigate how naphtha or gas steam crackers could be operated using renewable electricity instead of fossil fuels.…
Bracell has awarded Pöyry Plc (Espoo, Finland; www.poyry.com) with an EPCM (engineering, procurement, construction, management) assignment to develop the BoP (balance of plant) of the Star Project. The services include interconnections between all process areas, turbo generators and steam distribution…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) today announced it will significantly expand the capacity of its catalysts production facility in Panjin, Liaoning province, Northeast China. A double-digit-million Swiss Franc investment will further optimize the existing facility and enable the creation of a…
Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers (Perdaman) has signed a licensing and engineering contract for Haldor Topsoe A/S’s (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) SynCOR Ammonia solution for its A$4 billion ammonia/urea plant in Karratha, Western Australia. With a planned capacity of 3,500 metric tons…
Elanco Animal Health (Greenfield, Ind.; www.elanco.com) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Bayer’s Animal Health business, Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayer.com) announced on Tuesday. The transaction is valued at $7.6 billion, consisting of $5.3 billion in cash, subject…