Indorama Ventures Public Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand; www.indorama.net) Huvis Corp. (HC) of South Korea announced their intention to establish a 50:50 joint venture for the development, construction and operation of a Low Melting Fiber (LMF) plant in the US. The…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has inaugurated its new energy-efficient gas turbine at its soda ash plant in Rosignano, Italy, securing the plant’s current production capacity and long-term competitiveness on local and export markets. Rosignano’s site has improved its competitiveness…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) been awarded an engineering services contract from BHP for a new nickel sulfate facility located at the company’s Kwinana Nickel Refinery in Western Australia. The new facility is being designed to produce 100,000…
Invista Performance Technologies (IPT; Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com) and Jiaxing Petrochemical Co., a subsidiary of Tongkun Group Co., announced the successful startup of Jiaxing Petrochemical’s second purified terephthalic acid (PTA) line, utilizing Invista’s latest P8 technology. The first reaction train reached…
Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway; www.yara.com) has completed its acquisition of Tata Chemicals' urea business in India, marking a significant step forward for its growth ambitions in India. "I am pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of Tata…
Hexion Inc. (Columbus, Ohio; www.hexion.com) announced that it has sold its Additives Technology Group (ATG) business to MÜNZING CHEMIE GmbH, a privately owned specialty additive company headquartered in Abstatt, Germany. The Company received approximately $50 million in proceeds from the…
Sulzer Ltd. (Winterhur, Switzerland; www.sulzer.com) announces that it has completed the acquisition of JWC Environmental, LLC. JWC is a leading provider of highly engineered, mission-critical solids reduction and removal products such as grinders, screens and dissolved air flotation system for…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) announced that it has signed two key agreements with Sinpec, China's largest petroleum and chemical company. The first of these is the FCAS Series Sorbent Agreement in which SINOPEC has agreed to license its FCAS…
Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.co.jp) will increase production capacity for Celgard and Hipore Li-ion battery (LIB) separator* at its plants in North Carolina and Shiga, Japan, respectively. With increasing demand for electric-drive vehicles worldwide, the LIB market is forecasted to…
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) and Gasunie New Energy have joined forces to investigate the possible large-scale conversion of sustainable electricity into green hydrogen via the electrolysis of water. Intended for Delfzijl in the Netherlands, the installation would…