Production has started at AkzoNobel’s (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) new powder coatings plant in Changzhou, China. The facility – one of the largest of its kind in the world – is located at an existing site and will help to…
A consortium made up of Compañía Española de Petróleos S.A.U. (Cepsa; Madrid, Spain; www.cepsa.com), La Línea Vertical, a specialist engineering company focused on non-destructive testing (NDT) and Dronetool, an expert in drone design and construction, will work to develop a…
Sadara Chemical Co. (Jubail, Saudi Arabia; www.sadara.com) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Veolia Middle East SAS (Veolia) to construct a sustainable central utilities facility in PlasChem Park, the unique industrial park adjacent to the Sadara Chemical Complex.…
EuroChem Group AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.eurochemgroup.com) announced the opening of a new fertilizer blending plant in Brazil as part of the continued expansion of Fertilizantes Tocantins (FTO). EuroChem acquired a controlling interest (50%+1 share) in FTO in 2016 as part…
Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.huntsman.com) announced plans to build a new polyurethanes systems house in Dubai. Located within the Jebel Ali Free Trade Zone (JAFZA), the new facility will strengthen Huntsman’s differentiated downstream capabilities in the Middle East. Targeted…
Sadara Chemical Co. (Jubail, Saudi Arabia; www.sadara.com) has entered into a detailed engineering contract with Amec Foster Wheeler and Partners Engineering Co. – Al Khobar for the design, engineering, material specifications and procurement for two 7-kilometer special material pipelines that…
Oxea GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) announced that its new world-scale propanol production unit at its Bay City site in Texas, is mechanically complete. The new facility “Propanol 2” is now being commissioned and is scheduled for commercial production…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) announced that DuPont Nutrition & Health (N&H) has received approval from the European Commission (EC) to divest its heritage DuPont N&H Alginates business to JRS Group, a leading manufacturer of functional additives from plant-based raw materials.…
The Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the successful startup of its latest Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) capacity expansion in Avon Lake, Ohio. The expansion is part of Lubrizol's strategic global capacity expansion program supporting the company's…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced that Fujian Zhongjing Petrochemical Co., Ltd. has selected LyondellBasell 5th Generation Spheripol process technology. The polypropylene process technology will be used for two 600,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) polypropylene (PP) units to be…