Effective October 1, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; www.mhi-global.com) has appointed senior vice president Yoshihiro Shiraiwa to serve as president of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries France S.A.S. (MHIF), a wholly owned subsidiary based in Paris, marking the start of a new…
Inovyn (www.inovyn.com), a joint venture between Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) and Ineos Technologies (Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com) announced that it is planning a major investment in a large scale potassium hydroxide (KOH) production facility at its Antwerp/Lillo site, Belgium. This…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com) have expanded the scope of their license agreement for the production of 1,4-butanediol based on renewable feedstock (renewable BDO) using Genomatica’s patented process. The parties added certain countries in Southeast Asia to…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has announced plans to invest in its Performance Coatings business in Vietnam. In addition to doubling capacity at its powder coatings facility in Dong Nai, the company also intends to open a new office for…
Hillenbrand, Inc. (www.hillenbrand.com) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ABEL GmbH & Co. KG (Büchen, Germany; www.abelpumps.com) and certain of its affiliates from Roper Technologies for €95 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close within approximately…
PPG Industries, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) announced the completion of a $3.8 million expansion at its coatings manufacturing facility in Laguna de Duero, Valladolid, Spain. The investment provides new mixing and blending equipment at the facility that will support an…
Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube; Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) announced that it has decided to expand its production capacity for lithium-ion battery separators by rebuilding existing facilities at its Ube Chemical Factory (Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan) while also establishing new production…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) announced the award of a contract by Yuhuang Chemical Inc. (YCI), a U.S.-based subsidiary of Shandong Yuhuang Chemical Company Co. (SYCC), for its first major project in the U.S., a world-scale methanol facility on…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) inaugurated a new sodium bicarbonate plant based in Thailand to meet growing demand for high-quality products, in healthcare, food and other consumer goods markets throughout Asia. Located on Solvay's existing site in Map Ta Phut…
Eni S.p.A. (Rome; www.eni.it) and Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) have entered into a special license and R&D cooperation agreement for Eni Slurry Technology (EST) and started to work together to evaluate and tailor the technology to Total’s requirements. Eni Slurry…