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Solvay to build polyamide compounding plant in Mexico

Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) is building a Technyl polyamide compounding unit in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, with initial annual capacity of 10,000 metric tons (m.t.). This new facility is expected to become operational in the third quarter of 2017…

Sumitomo to merge its three Singapore-based subsidiaries

Sumitomo   Chemical   has   decided   to   merge   its   three   Singapore-based subsidiaries:   Sumitomo Chemical Asia Pte Ltd., which engages in the manufacturing and sales of petrochemical products; Sumitomo Chemical Singapore Pte Ltd., which engages in the manufacturing and sales of methyl methacrylate…

Technip awarded furnace contract for ethylene plant in Russia

Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by Public Joint Stock Company (PJSC) Kazanorgsintez a contract to provide engineering and procurement of three proprietary SMK grassroots furnaces at Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. The furnaces will be part of the ethylene…

Celanese to acquire Italy-based thermoplastic compounder

Celanese Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.celanese.com) announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Forli, Italy based SO.F.TER. Group, one of the world’s largest independent thermoplastic compounders. Celanese will acquire SO.F.TER. Group’s comprehensive product portfolio of engineering thermoplastics (ETPs),…

Air Liquide to construct hydrogen production unit at Axion Energy site in Argentina

Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) announces a new investment for Axion Energy Argentina, a subsidiary of Bridas Corporation and a leading refiner in Argentina, to expand its longterm supply of hydrogen. Air Liquide will invest around €55 million in a second hydrogen…

Air Products to supply gases for Chemours facility in Tennessee

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced the signing of an agreement for the supply of multiple industrial gases to The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.; www.chemours.com). Air Products will build, own and operate an air separation unit (ASU) in New…

Milliken & Co. names new CEO

Milliken & Co.  (Spartanburg, S.C.; www.milliken.com) announced that J. Harold Chandler has been elected chairman, president and chief executive officer effective immediately following the resignation of Joseph M. Salley as president and chief executive officer and as a member of the board…

Solvay to increase global production of sulfone polymers

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announced that it expects to increase global production capacity for its high-performance sulfone polymers by more than 35% over the next five years through significant investments and process optimizations at facilities in the U.S. and…

Trinseo to produce ABS resin at Zhangjiagang, China site

Trinseo will begin production of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) resin (marketed under the name Magnum ABS) at its Zhangjiagang, China site in 2017.  The investment project, which began in 2015, is based on Trinseo’s proprietary process technology, which yields ABS…

Braskem finalizes commissioning at polyethylene plant in La Porte

Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br), the largest thermoplastics resins producer in the Americas, announced the commissioning of the new  UTEC ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) engineered-polymer production plant at its La Porte, Texas site. Braskem sells high-performance UHMWPE under the trade name…