Perstorp Holding AB (Malmö, Sweden; www.perstorp.com) has announced an agreement for the acquisition of Polialcoli Srl from Polioli SpA. The agreement includes Neopentyglycol (Neo), Trimethylolpropane (TMP) and Trimethylolpropane Diallylether (TMPDE) production capabilities, as well as the associated Formate businesses located…
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction (www.engineering-airliquide.com) has just signed a new contract to supply an air separation unit (ASU) to Shandong Lianmeng Chemical, a large chemical company in China. Air Liquide Engineering & Construction will design and build for Shandong…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solay.com) has agreed to sell its 50% stake in Dacarto Benvic to its joint venture partner, which will become the sole owner of the Brazilian polyvinyl chloride (PVC) compound processor. The sale follows Solvay’s withdrawal from…
PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (CAP; Jakarta, Indonesia; www.chandra-asri.com) has awarded a material supply agreement to CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) for the revamp of existing furnace facilities at CAP’s naphtha cracker plant. Both companies signed basic and detailed engineering…
SUEZ (Paris, France; www.suez-environnement.fr) has launched Organix, the first digital marketplace for organic waste. This platform can connect producers of organic waste (food industry manufacturers, cooperatives and so on) and methanation unit operators, who transform them into energy. They can…
Abengoa (Seville, Spain; www.abengoa.com) has signed contracts to develop a desalination and irrigation project in the Agadir region of Morocco. The project, valued €309 million, involves the construction of a desalination plant with a 275,000-m3 total production capacity of desalinated…
After a construction period of a year and a half, Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) is prepared to commence operations in a new production facility for high-quality, multilayered flat films at the Dormagen site. The total investment of around €20…
Following the acquisition of U.S. firm Chemtura in April 2017, specialty chemicals company Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has revised its organizational structure. The two business lines Rubber Additives Business (RAB) and Colorant Additives Business (CAB) now both belong to…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has announced the acquisition of U.K.-based Flexcrete Technologies Ltd. and an agreement to acquire French manufacturer Disa Technology (Disatech). The deals will further strengthen AkzoNobel’s global leadership position in supplying innovative industrial coatings and aerospace…
Royal Dutch Shell (The Hague, the Netherlands; www.shell.com), through its subsidiary Shell International Exploration and Production B.V., and SBI BioEnergy Inc. (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; www.sbibioenergy.com) have reached an agreement granting Shell exclusive development and licensing rights for SBI’s biofuel technology.…