Saudi Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com) and Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) announced the completion of Saudi Aramco’s acquisition of LANXESS‘s interest in ARLANXEO Holding B.V., a Netherlands-based specialty chemicals joint venture between Saudi Aramco and LANXESS launched in 2016.…
DuPont Transportation & Advanced Polymers (T&AP), a global business unit of the DowDuPont’s (www.dow-dupont.com) Specialty Products Division, recently announced its intention to extend its High Temperature Nylon (DuPont Zytel HTN PPA) polymerization capacity at Uentrop facility in Hamm, Germany. With…
MilliporeSigma (Billerica, Mass.; www.emdmillipore.com) announced it has extended and expanded its collaboration with Kuraray Europe GmbH (www.kuraray.eu) to exclusively supply pharmaceutical polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) grades and improvements to benefit the pharmaceutical market. PVA polymers are used as matrix/drug delivery compounds to…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) intends to expand the production capacity for methane sulfonic acid (MSA) at its Ludwigshafen site by around 65% and increase the global capacity to 50,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). With the investment, the company…
INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany; www.ineos-styrolution.com) has announced the final investment decision to construct a new ASA (acrylonitrile styrene acrylate) plant at its site in Bayport, Texas. The new plant’s capacity is planned to be 100,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr).…
BP plc (London, U.K.; www.bp.com) and SOCAR Turkey, a subsidiary of The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR; www.socar.az), announced that they have signed a heads of agreement (HoA) to evaluate the creation of a joint venture that would…
TechnipFMC (Houston; www.technipfmc.com) has been awarded a significant Engineering, Procurement support and Construction management services (EPCM) contract by Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com) for the expansion of their renewable products refinery in Singapore. This project will increase the overall Neste…
Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand; www.indoramaventures.com) announced that it has entered into an agreement with Invista (Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com) to acquire INVISTA Resins & Fibers GmbH, which owns a high value-added polyethylene terephthalate (PET) manufacturing facility located…
McDermott International, Inc. (Houston; www.mcdermott.com) announced that it has been awarded a sizeable technology contract by HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Ltd. (HRRL) for the license and basic engineering design of two polypropylene plants in Pachpadra Tehsil, Barmer District, Rajasthan, India. Each…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) and N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie (www.gasunie.com) announced the signing of an industrial gas equipment agreement that will help to address a matter of national energy importance for The Netherlands. Air Products will supply Gasunie three…