Saudi Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com) and Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a fully integrated crude oil to chemicals (COTC) complex in the Kingdom of Saudi…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is building a new plant for high-performance plastics in Changzhou, China for around €20 million. Beginning in the second quarter of 2019, the compounding plant is set to produce up to 25,000 metric tons per year…
Compañía Española de Petróleos S.A.U. (Cepsa; Madrid, Spain; www.cepsa.com) and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to evaluate a new world-scale Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB) complex in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi. LAB is…
Airgas USA, LLC (Radnor, Pa.; www.airgas.com), an Air Liquide company, announced plans to build a new air separation unit (ASU) in Mebane, N.C. The facility will increase Airgas’ production capabilities in North Carolina’s Research Triangle area while also strengthening its…
Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzer.com) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jill Lee as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and member of the Executive Committee, effective April 5, 2018. Jill has been a board member of Sulzer since 2011 and…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and Tiangang Auxiliary Co., a privately owned producer and leading supplier of light stabilizers in China, kicked off their new production joint venture (JV) with the approval to purchase a site within the Cangzhou National Coastal-Port…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) and Suez (Paris, France; www.suez-environnement.fr) have won the contract to treat brine from reverse osmosis desalination at Wanhua Chemical Industry Park in Yantai (Shandong Province). This contract is part of the Alliance between Solvay and…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced that it has signed a second longterm oxygen and nitrogen supply contract with a leading global materials supplier in Guangdong Province, China. The latest supply contract will further strengthen Air Products’ strong position…
Royal DSM (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com) and Amyris, Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.; www.amyris.com) announced that they have enhanced their strategic alliance through the sale of Amyris Brasil Ltda to DSM and the establishment of a long-term manufacturing partnership for Amyris’ high-volume…
Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway; www.yara.com) has entered into an agreement to acquire the Vale Cubatão Fertilizantes complex in Brazil from Vale S.A. for an enterprise value of $255 million. The acquisition will establish Yara as a nitrogen producer in…