The Dow Chemical Company (Dow; Midland, Mich.; www.dow-dupont.com) announced new investments in its upstream and downstream silicones franchise to accelerate innovation and support global customers’ demand in high growth markets, such as high performance building, home and personal care, electrical…
Invista (Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com) plans to add 40,000 metric tons (m.t.) of nylon 6,6 polymer capacity at its current 150,000-m.t. polymer plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP). Construction is targeted for mid-2019 and production would begin in 2020. “We…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded a license, engineering and proprietary equipment contract for KBR Weatherly's Nitric Acid technology by Kemerovo Azot JSC. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide technology licensing and basic…
United Chemical Company Shchekinoazot (UCC) inaugurated a methanol and ammonia co-production plant with technology licensed by Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) on September 7, 2018. The new plant can produce 450,000 tons of methanol and 135,000 tons of ammonia…
Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyodacorp.com) announced that the joint venture between Chiyoda International Corp., a U.S.-based wholly owned subsidiary of Chiyoda, and Kiewit Energy Group Inc. has been awarded a lump-sum EPC contract to construct the olefins portion of a…
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) announced completion of the expansion of production capabilities at its Saflex polyvinyl butyral (PVB) facility in Suzhou, China. This investment demonstrates Eastman’s continued commitment to the glass glazing industry and is a proactive response…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced it has been awarded by Samsung Electronics additional gaseous nitrogen and hydrogen supply to its semiconductor fab in Giheung, South Korea. Air Products, who has been supplying industrial gases to Samsung Electronics' Giheung…
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd. (Shanghai, China; www.wison.com) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Wison Energy Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited - Abu Dhabi was recently awarded an Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning and Start-Up (EPC) Works Project, to improve sulfur recovery…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.; www.thermofisher.com) has signed a definitive agreement with BD (Becton, Dickinson and Co.), a leading medical technology company, under which Thermo Fisher will acquire BD's Advanced Bioprocessing business. This business combines a strong technical services…
A demonstration plant for a groundbreaking technology to produce chemicals from sunlight will be built at Delfzijl, the Netherlands by AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) and partner firm Photanol BV. The companies formed a partnership in 2014 to…