Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has delivered the catalyst for a new regenerative catalytic oxidizer at the Sinopec Qilu styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) plant in Zibo – the biggest rubber producer in China and part of Sinopec Group, the world’s…
Tanaka Holdings Co. (Tokyo; www.pro.tanaka.co.jp) announced that Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., which operates Tanaka’s Precious Metals manufacturing business, established a new Fuel Cell (FC) Catalysts Development Center in Kanagawa Prefecture to develop and manufacture electrode catalysts to be used in…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is investigating the possibility of building a highly-integrated “Verbund” chemical production site in the South Chinese province of Guangdong. Martin Brudermüller, BASF’s Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, and Lin Shaochun, Executive Vice Governor…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced that Indonesian company PT Chandra Asri Perkasa Tbk (CAP), has selected LyondellBasell’s polypropylene (PP) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) technologies for two new plants. The plants will be constructed in its second petrochemical complex in…
HollyFrontier Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.hollyfrontier.com) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Red Giant Oil Co. Red Giant Oil, a private family-owned lubricants company founded in 1903, is one of the largest suppliers of locomotive engine…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has signed several new multi-year contracts worth a total of more than €50 million, and started supplying xenon and krypton since the beginning of 2018 to the semiconductor and the satellite industries in three regions:…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announced a €48-million investment in the modernization of the gas cogeneration unit in its soda ash & bicarbonate plant based in Bernburg, Germany. This investment secures the longterm position of the site and increases its…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) plans to increase the global production capacity for its antioxidant Irganox 1010 by 40% with production expansion projects at its sites in Jurong, Singapore, and Kaisten, Switzerland. With production in Kaisten coming online in 2019…
Mexichem S.A.B. de C.V. (Tlalnepantla, Mexico; www.mexichem.com) announced that, aligned with its strategy of consolidation in its core businesses, it has reached an agreement for the acquisition of Pemex's 44.09% share in Petroquímica Mexicana de Vinilo, S.A. de C.V. (PMV)…
WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) has been awarded a new three-year contract by NOVA Chemicals for continued engineering on the Corunna Cracker Expansion Project (Phase 3) in Ontario, Canada. This award follows WorleyParsons successful completion of services to Phase…