Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan; www.shinetsu.co.jp) announced that its U.S.-based group company Shin-Etsu Silicones of America (SESA) will expand the production capacity of its plant in Akron, Ohio, which is engaged in the manufacturing and sales of silicones in the…
W. R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets from Evonik Industries AG on September 5, 2017, following the close of Evonik’s acquisition of J.M. Huber Corp.’s silicas business. The assets…
ExxonMobil Chemical Co. (Houston; www.exxonmobilchemical.com) announced that its Singapore affiliate has completed its acquisition of one of the world’s largest aromatics facilities on Jurong Island in Singapore. The acquisition was first announced in May 2017. The facility, previously owned by…
The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and the Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) announced a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that sets forth a process for Dow to acquire an additional 15% ownership interest from Saudi Aramco in…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced it has been awarded contracts by four PetroChina refineries located in Dalian, Liaoning Province; Jilin City, Jilin Province; Jinzhou, Liaoning Province; and Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygar Autonomous Region for the license, engineering design and proprietary…
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan; www.toray.com) announced that it has decided to construct a new PPS (polyphenylene sulfide) compound production facility at the Hungarian site of its U.S subsidiary Zoltek Companies, Inc., the world’s largest supplier of large-tow carbon fibers.…
Changzhou National Hi-Tech District (www.czxx.org.cn) announced the signing of a project investment agreement with Sumitomo Chemical Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp). With the agreement, Sumitomo Chemical and the company’s Korean unit, Dongwoo Fine-Chem, will co-invest in a $150-million electronics materials facility…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) announced the completion of an investment to expand production of its mobile emissions catalysts manufacturing site in Huntsville, Alabama. The Huntsville site expansion began 18 months ago and created ten additional jobs. The expansion also…
Asahi Kasei (China) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.co.jp), has decided to construct a new plant for the manufacture of plastic compounds (synthetic resins containing glass fiber, flame retardants and other additives to provide additional…
The Lubrizol Corp.'s (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) LifeSciences business is investing $10 million for a significant capacity expansion at its silicone contract manufacturing site in Franklin, Wisconsin. This investment strengthens the company's silicone business by adding 71,000 square feet of space…