Kroff, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.kroff.com) is expanding internationally with the establishment of operations in South America and the creation of a new company called Kroff Chile - Tecnologías y Procesos Limitada. Based in Santiago, Kroff Chile - Tecnologías y Procesos Limitada is positioned…
Rhodia Aroma Performance, part of Rhodia’s (France ; www.rhodia.com) consumer chemicals cluster and a leader in the production of catechol, and Endura Fine Chemicals (Bologna, Italy; www.endura.it), the Iargest producer of piperonyl butoxide (PBO) worlwide, have signed a supply agreement that…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) plans to produce phthalate-free plasticizers from bio-based succinic acid from 2012 onward. Its strategic partner, BioAmber, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn., www.bio-amber.com), is a global leader in succinic acid generated on the basis of renewable resources. Under…
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) has closed the sale of its global polypropylene business to Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br). In addition to the transaction, the two companies will continue to evaluate potential future collaborations on growth…
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne, Ill.; www.anl.gov) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a multi-year research collaboration to jointly develop the next generation of materials…
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) has completed its acquisition of Lorentzen & Wettre from Assa Abloy AB. Lorentzen & Wettre manufactures equipment for quality control, process optimization and test instrumentation for the pulp-and-paper industry. The acquisition enhances ABB’s position as a…
Codexis, Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.; www.codexis.com) and Raizen Energia S.A. (Sao Paulo, Brazil; www.raizen.com) have signed a joint development agreement to develop an improved first-generation ethanol process with enhanced performance economics. Raizen is a joint venture between Shell and Cosan,…
Chemtex (Wilmington, N.C.; www.chemtex.com) has entered into a Term Sheet Agreement with Colombiana de Biocombustibles Celulósicos (ColBiocel) for the supply of a license and associated engineering and technical services for an eighty-five thousand metric ton per year (m.t./yr) cellulosic ethanol…
PPG Industries (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) is increasing its global precipitated-silica production capacity by more than 18,000 ton/yr in response to growing global demand. The capacity expansion includes projects at PPG’s Lake Charles, La., and Delfzijl, Netherlands, manufacturing locations. Kevin Braun,…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen; www.evonik.com) is increasing the production capabilities of its methyl methacrylate plants through debottlenecking and plant expansion projects in their existing plants in Europe (Worms and Wesseling in Germany), Asia (Shanghai in China), and the U.S. (Fortier)…