DSM (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com) and Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) have established a new company, Veramaris V.O.F. (www.veramaris.com), for the production of omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA from natural marine algae for animal nutrition. The 50:50 joint…
Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.; www.ingevity.com) announced that it will install a photovoltaic solar panel system at its pine chemicals plant in North Charleston, South Carolina. Once the installation is complete, the company will be participating in South Carolina Electric…
Endress+Hauser (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) has increased production capacity with a third plant in Suzhou, 100 kilometers west of Shanghai. The 16,500-square-meter facility will help the group meet disproportionately high growth in the Far East. The opening of the new building,…
Nippon Shokubai Co. (Osaka, Japan; www.shokubai.co.jp) has expanded its production capacity for the functional monomer 2-(2-Vinyloxy Ethoxy) Ethyl Acrylate (VEEA), a low-viscosity, high-performance UV-curable acrylic monomer. The demand for VEEA is increasing in Europe and the U.S. as reactive diluent…
Digital adoption is increasing in chemical companies’ plants as more firms recognize the technologies’ financial and operational value, according to Accenture’s (Chicago; www.accenture.com) new “Digital Technology in Chemical Plant Operations” survey. Yet, digital technologies are still in the early stages…
Brian Coffman, former senior vice president of refining for Andeavor Corp., has been named president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Motiva Enterprises LLC (Houston; www.motiva.com). Brian brings with him a wealth of experience in business growth, operational excellence, strategy,…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced the signing of a longterm agreement with Bharat Petroleum Corp. Limited (BPCL) to build, own and operate a new syngas production facility at the BPCL Kochi Refinery in Kochi, India to supply BPCL’s…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded a contract from Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited (Indorama) and Toyo Engineering Corporation (Toyo) for the Train 2 ammonia plant at Indorama's Port Harcourt site in Nigeria. Under the…
Mexichem S.A.B. de C.V. (Tlalnepantla, Mexico; www.mexichem.com) announced that it has acquired Sylvin Technologies Inc., a niche polyvinyl chloride (PVC) compounds manufacturer based in Denver, Pennsylvania for an enterprise value of $39 million based on a debt free cash free…
Kaneka Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kaneka.co.jp) has announced plans to increase its production capacities of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) expanded particle foams (product names: Eperan and Eperan-PP) in Europe at its Kaneka Belgium plant, located in Westerlo. The production expansion…