Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced that it has been awarded the industrial gases supply to support the capacity expansion of the Tianjin facility of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), one of the world’s leading semiconductor foundries and the…
Umicore N.V.’s (Brussels, Belgium; www.umicore.com) Precious Metals Chemistry business unit has inaugurated a production unit in Germany for advanced metal organic precursor technologies used in the semiconductor and LED markets — TMGa (Trimethylgallium) and TEGa (Triethylgallium). The inauguration event was…
Axalta Coating Systems (Philadelphia, Pa.; www.axaltacs.com) announced its first production and logistics center in Argentina in the municipality of Escobar (province of Buenos Aires). Axalta Chairman and CEO Charlie Shaver met with employees and toured the new facility where initial…
Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br) announced that the company’s Board of Directors has formally approved the final investment decision to proceed with the largest polypropylene (PP) production line in the Americas. Braskem will commit up to $675 million in investment…
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LLC (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cpchem.com) announced that Peter Cella, president and chief executive officer (CEO), intends to retire from the company, effective August 1, 2017. Additionally, the company announced that Mark Lashier, currently executive vice president,…
NatureWorks (Minnetonka, Minn.; www.natureworksllc.com) has formed a Performance Chemicals Division to supply lactides, polyols, binder resins and chemical intermediates to companies that manufacture C.A.S.E. (coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers), toners and fine chemicals. "The NatureWorks Performance Chemicals Division delivers renewably…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) and Synthetic Genomics Inc. (SGI; La Jolla, Calif.; www.syntheticgenomics.com) announced a breakthrough in joint research into advanced biofuels involving the modification of an algae strain that more than doubled its oil content without significantly inhibiting…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) put the expanded compounding plant at BASF’s Schwarzheide site in Germany into operation. With the expansion of the plant up to 70,000 metric tons (m.t.) more Ultramid (PA; polyamide) and Ultradur (PBT; polybutylene terephthalate) can…
The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and 1QB Information Technologies (1QBit) announced a collaboration agreement to develop quantum computing tools for the chemicals and materials science technology spaces. By combining Dow’s unique innovation capabilities with 1QBit’s leading expertise in the…
3M (St. Paul, Minn.; www.3m.com) announced that Michael F. Roman has been appointed chief operating officer (COO) and executive vice president, and Hak Cheol (H.C.) Shin is appointed vice chair and executive vice president. Both appointments are effective July 1,…