Solenis (Wilmington, Del.; www.solenis.com) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) signed an agreement to combine BASF’s paper and water chemicals business with Solenis to jointly create a customer-focused global specialty chemical company. The combined company intends to operate under the Solenis…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced that Stork, part of Fluor’s Diversified Services segment, was awarded a construction contract by BYK USA Inc. for its new Garamite additives process unit at its manufacturing plant in Gonzales, Texas. Fluor booked the…
Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC; Findley, Ohio; www.marathonpetroleum.com) and Andeavor (San Antonio, Tex.; www.andeavor.com) announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which MPC will acquire all of Andeavor’s outstanding shares, representing a total equity value of $23.3…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) announced the addition of a new GUR ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) production line at its Nanjing, China manufacturing facility to support the significant growth in its engineered materials business, specifically the electric vehicle market.…
Exxon Mobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) agreed to purchase PT Federal Karyatama (FKT), one of Indonesia’s largest manufacturers and marketers of motorcycle lubricants, to enable expansion in an important international market. The acquisition includes the Federal Oil brand and a…
Alpek S.A.B. de C.V. (San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico; www.alpek.com) announced that it completed the acquisition of Companhia Petroquímica de Pernambuco (Petroquímica Suape) and Companhia Integrada Têxtil de Pernambuco (Citepe) from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) through two of its wholly-owned…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) announced acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) capacity expansions and debottlenecking projects at the company’s global manufacturing facilities. At the company’s Clear Lake, Texas acetyls manufacturing facility, Celanese is on schedule to start up…
CarbonCure Technologies Inc. (Halifax, N.S., Canada; www.carboncure.com) has announced a strategic commercial relationship with Airgas, (Radnor, Pa.; www.airgas.com) an Air Liquide company, to collaborate and enhance the cement and concrete industry customer experience of adopting carbon dioxide (CO2) utilization technologies throughout the U.S. Gulf Coast region.…
Italmatch Chemicals Group (Genova, Italy; www.italmatch.com) entered into an agreement to quire the metalworking fluid business (formally known at Polartech) from Afton Chemical (Richmond, Va.; www.aftonchemical.com). In particular, the deal includes the acquisition of the entire business and assets relating…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) received a contract from ENCINA Chemicals, LLC (Coral Gables, Fla.; www.encina.com) to provide operations readiness (OR) support services for its new benzene toluene xylene (BTX) processing plant in Gillette, Wyoming. As part of…