The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) has reached an agreement to sell its global ethylene acrylic acid (EAA) copolymers and ionomers business to SK Global Chemical Co., LTD., a subsidiary of SK Innovation, as a part of the ongoing…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Rex; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract by Shaanxi Yanchang Petrochemical Group for the license and engineering design of an alkylation unit in Yan'an City, Shaanxi, China. The alkylation unit will use CB&I's CDAlky advanced sulfuric-acid alkylation…
The specialty chemicals company Altana AG (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com) has acquired the U.S. company PolyAd Services (St. Louis, Mo.), a leading developer and manufacturer of additive solutions for the global plastics market. PolyAd Services will be integrated into the Plastics…
SPX Flow, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.; www.spxflow.com) has recently expanded production capabilities by opening a new manufacturing campus in central Europe. The new facility in Bydgoszcz, Poland is designed for manufacturing excellence in terms of efficient production of high quality products…
thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany) has received another major order for the cement plant business of its Industrial Solutions business area (www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com). The value of the contract awarded by Société des Ciments de Sigus, part of Groupe Industriel des Ciments d’Algérie…
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG’s (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer is to build a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant for SASA Polyester Sanayi A.Ş in Adana, Turkey. The contract was signed in July 2016 and came into effect in December. With…
Shell (The Hague, the Netherlands; www.shell.com) and Sabic (Riyadh, Saudia Arabia; www.sabic.com) have signed an agreement whereby Sabic will acquire Shell’s 50% share in the petrochemicals Sadaf joint venture (JV), located in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for $820 million.…
Thirteen leading energy, transport and industry companies have today launched a global initiative to voice a united vision and long-term ambition for hydrogen to foster the energy transition. In the first global initiative of its kind, the Hydrogen Council is…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has invested through its venture capital arm in Nanotech Industrial Solutions, Inc. (NIS; Avenel, N.J.; http://nisusacorp.com) and now holds a minority share in the company. The parties have agreed not to disclose the volume…
GreenCentre Canada (Kingston, Ont.; www.greencentrecanada.com) has entered into an exclusive global licensing agreement with Johnson Matthey Plc. (London, U.K.; www.jmfinechemicals.com), a leading multi-national producer of catalysts and specialty chemicals. Under the terms of the agreement, Johnson Matthey will promote, market,…