Brenntag AG (Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany; www.brenntag.com) has signed an agreement to acquire Leis Polytechnik polymere Werkstoffe GmbH, based in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany. The company is specialized in the development, production and distribution of high-performance polymer compounds. Karsten Beckmann, Member…
Clariant (Muttez, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) performed the groundbreaking ceremony of a new manufacturing plant in Cuddalore, for moisture-control products, intended for the pharma industry. In December 2015, Clariant had announced plans to invest CHF 10 million in this Healthcare Packaging plant,…
M&G Chemicals (Ettelbruck , Luxembourg; www.mg-chemicals.com) plans to increase the capacity of its Corpus Christi, Tex. facility by over 100,000 metric tons (m.t.) of integrated polyethylene terephthalate (PET), reaching the total amount of at least 1,100,00 m.t. of PET. Purified…
Akzo Nobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has strengthened its position in the North American hydrogen peroxide market after acquiring the outstanding shares in EkO Peroxide LLC from joint venture partner OCI Peroxygens LLC (a subsidiary of OCI Enterprises Inc.).…
Evonik Industries (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and Akzo Nobel N.V. (AkzoNobel; Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) broke ground to officially start the construction of a new membrane electrolysis plant in Ibbenbüren. The new facility is due to come onstream by the fourth…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) announced that it has signed a longterm contract to provide nitrogen to Toray Carbon Fibers America, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Toray Industries, Inc. Praxair will build, own and operate an air separation plant that…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) and Carbon Holdings, the privately owned Egyptian petrochemical firm, have announced that Emerson Process Management has been selected to provide automation and reliability technologies and services for Carbon Holdings’ Tahrir Petrochemicals Project at Ain Sokhna,…
Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.yokogawa.com) announces the acquisition of Industrial Evolution Inc. (Phoenix, Ariz.; www.industrialevolution.com) to strengthen its provision of advanced solutions to the process industries. The acquisition of Industrial Evolution, a provider of cloud-based plant data sharing services,…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has acquired Weatherly Inc, Plinke GmbH and Chematur Ecoplanning Oy from Chematur Technologies AB, owned by Connell Chemical. Weatherly is a North American-based company with extensive experience providing nitric acid and ammonium nitrate…
Solvay (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has entered into an agreement under which its desalination and phosphonates and phosphonic acid-based water additives business will be acquired by Italmatch Chemicals Group. The transaction is consistent with Italmatch Chemicals Group’s growth strategy and strengthens…