The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced its next phase of comprehensive investments over the next five years to further enhance its competitive advantage and deliver earnings growth. These investments will stimulate economic activity, primarily in the United States,…
Tata Chemicals Ltd. (TCL; Mumbai, India; www.tatachemicals.com) has signed a Business Transfer Agreement with M/s.Unnati Inorganics Private Ltd. ('UIPL') to acquire their precipitated silica operations for a consideration of Rs. 34.20 crore (around $530,000). This includes an existing manufacturing site,…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced the inauguration of its Novolen technology polypropylene pilot plant, a new section of its world class Research and Development (R&D) center in Pasadena, Texas. The pilot plant will play a key role in the…
Pentair plc (London; www.pentair.com) announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to separate into two independent, publicly-traded companies focused on the water and electrical sectors, respectively. Both companies will benefit from market-leading positions in their respective…
MilliporeSigma (Billerica, Mass.; www.emdmillipore.com) announced the acquisition of Grzybowski Scientific Inventions (GSI), a company that developed the revolutionary computer-aided retro-synthesis tool, Chematica. Chematica uses advanced reaction rules and proprietary algorithms to identify synthesis pathways that meet user-defined constraints. Financial details of…
Global Bioenergies (Evry, France; www.global-bioenergies.com) announced the signature of a grant agreement aiming at demonstrating a new value chain combining its isobutene process with technologies developed by Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and Ineos (Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com). The aim is to…
Versum Materials, Inc. (Tempe, Ariz.; www.versummaterials.com), a leading materials supplier to the semiconductor industry, announced that it has broken ground on a multimillion-dollar project at its chemical manufacturing site in Hometown, Pa. The new facility will house a state-of-the-art research…
Kraton Corp. (Houston; www.kraton.com) announced the opening of the hydrogenated styrenic block copolymer (HSBC) plant in Mailiao, Taiwan on Friday, May 12. The plant has capacity to produce 30,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of HSBC. The Mailiao plant will…
Invista (Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com) is investing over $65 million in state-of-the-art fiber production equipment at its U.S.-based Camden, South Carolina facility. This investment will expand the capacity of Nylon 6,6 fiber used in a diverse range of applications. Importantly,…
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo, Japan; www.sdk.co.jp) will increase its capacity in China to produce high-purity aluminum foil, which is a major material for aluminum electrolytic capacitors. SDK will increase subsidiary Showa Denko Aluminum (Nantong) Ltd.'s (SDAN) capacity to produce…