Due to increasing global demand for high-performance polymers Evonik’s (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) Resource Efficiency Segment is significantly expanding its production capacity for polyetheretherketone (PEEK) at the Changchun (China) site. In addition, the innovation pipeline is being continually expanded with new…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has announced plans for a capacity expansion for the production of membrane elements. The Lewabrane product range comprises membrane elements for brackish water and seawater treatment that boast a long service life, a good permeate…
Royal Dutch Shell plc (The Hague, the Netherlands; www.shell.com) announced the completion of two divestments from its global downstream portfolio. In France, the company has completed the sale of its Butagaz LPG business to DCC Energy for €464 million. The…
GE (Fairfield, Conn.; www.ge.com) announced that with the completion of its Alstom acquisition, GE Power & Water and Alstom Power have combined to form GE Power. Headquartered in Schenectady, N.Y., Steve Bolze, will serve as president and CEO of GE…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has closed the previously announced transaction to divest its global paper hydrous kaolin (PHK) business to Imerys, a producer of mineral-based specialty solutions for industry, based in Paris, France. Under a tolling agreement of limited…
Air Liquide’s (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) engineering and construction activity entity, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions has announced the successful startup of a world-scale butadiene extraction unit at Evonik’s facility in Antwerp, Belgium, and further strengthens its leading market position in…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) will expand the hydrocracker unit at its Rotterdam refinery to upgrade heavier byproducts into cleaner, higher-value finished products, including EHC Group II base stocks and ultra-low sulfur diesel, to meet growing global market demand. The…
Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway; www.yara.com) has acquired 100% of the shares in Apache Fertilisers Pty. Ltd., which holds Apache's 49% ownership position in Yara Pilbara Holdings Pty. Ltd. (YPHL), for $391 million. YPHL owns 100% of the Yara Pilbara…
Analytik Jena AG (www.analytik-jena.de) has established a branch office on the premises of Endress+Hauser Group’s (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) Reinach site in Switzerland. “This step is part of our strategy to further expand our international sales structure and to establish our…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is planning to start production of Palatinol DOTP (diethylhexyl terephthalate) in North America in 2017 by investing in dedicated production facilities in Pasadena, Tex. The project will help meet the growing demand for non-ortho-phthalate plasticizers…