Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has signed a definitive agreement to sell its polyolefin cross-linkable compounds business in Italy to family-owned group Finproject SpA. "Following Solvay’s transformation, polyolefin cross-linkable compounds no longer fit within the portfolio of high-performance specialty polymers.…
Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br) officially inaugurated its Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) production plant at its La Porte, Texas site. Braskem sells high-performance UHMWPE under the trade name UTEC, developed and produced through Braskem’s proprietary technologies. “We are…
GTC Technology (Houston; www.gtctech.com) has provided its low-temperature Isomalk-2 process technology for the successful startup of a light naphtha isomerization unit at the Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Ltd. (BPCL) refinery in Mumbai, India. The unit will produce an isomerate gasoline blend…
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced the completion of the construction phase of its new, world-scale ethylene production facility in Freeport, Tex. The company reached this milestone within one week of the originally planned date, which was set…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $1.3 billion by Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for an ethane cracker project located in Port Arthur,…
WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) has been awarded a contract by the Manaseer Group. Under the contract WorleyParsons will provide project management consulting (PMC) services for a greenfield integrated potash and phosphate fertilizer complex in Jordan. WorleyParsons will supervise…
Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) is entering a partnership with Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) and Nova Chemicals Corp. (Calgary, Alta.; www.novachem.com) to form a joint venture (JV) with the aim of building an ethane steam cracker and a new…
GFBiochemicals Ltd. (Milan, Italy; www.gfbiochemicals.com) and American Process Inc. (API), leaders in the global bio-product industry, are pleased to announce that they have entered into a joint development agreement to create the largest integrated cellulosic bio-refinery in the world. The…
The Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) announces that in conjunction with its previously announced technology license agreement with Daelim Industrial, it has begun construction of a new polyisobutylene (PIB) unit at its Deer Park, Tex. facility. Construction of this unit…
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.henkel.com) has named Rahmyn Kress as chief digital officer to accelerate Henkel’s digital activities. He will report directly to Henkel CEO Hans Van Bylen. Rahmyn Kress will join Henkel in the second quarter…