David Weidman, chairman and CEO of Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com), was honored at a dinner event in New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel last night. Stephanie Burns, chairman of the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), America International Group, presented the…
Albemarle Corp. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.albemarle.com) has announced that John Steitz has been elected president and CEO of the company, effective March 1, 2012. In this role, Steitz will oversee all aspects of the company's operations, including global responsibility for…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) and Yingli Energy Co. (Yingli China; Baoding, China; www.yinglisolar.com) have signed a $100-million strategic agreement for photovoltaic materials aimed at accelerating the adoption of solar energy to address one of the world’s biggest challenges — reducing…
There is no pdf available for this short news item Airgas, Inc. (Radnor, Pa.; www.airgas.com), with support from the Tulsa Metro Chamber and Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett, announced that it will hold a job fair to fill more than 60…
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) and Solutia Inc. (St. Louis, Mo.; www.solutia.com) have entered into a definitive agreement, under which Eastman will acquire Solutia, a leader in performance materials and specialty chemicals. Under the terms of the agreement, Solutia…
Rhodia (Paris, France; www.rhodia.com,) member of the Solvay Group, and Avantium (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.avantium.com) have entered into a partnership to jointly develop a range of new bio-based polyamides targeting a variety of applications. This partnership expands and completes the…
Green Biologics Ltd. (GBL; Abingdon, Oxfordshire, U.K.; www.greenbiologics.com), an industrial biotechnology company has merged with Butylfuel Inc., a U.S.-based renewable chemicals and biofuels company. The new company will operate under the Green Biologics name and will continue to be headquartered…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) and NexSteppe (Malibu, Calif.; www.nexsteppe.com) have entered into a collaboration to develop advanced feedstocks for biofuels and other bio-based products. The collaboration will focus on the development of new sweet sorghum and high-biomass sorghum hybrids that…
Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP (Houston, Tex.; www.us.airliquide.com) has announced that it will build a new air separation unit (ASU) to supply nitrogen to industrial users, particularly those in the oil and gas sector, in northwest North Dakota. The new…
Koch Membrane Systems, Inc. (KMS; Wilmington, Mass.; www.kochmembrane.com) has been selected to supply membranes for a large-scale wastewater recycling system for Yingkou Medium Plate Co., in Yingkou City, Liaoning Province, China. The project will recycle the plant’s wastewater to meet…