Perstorp Holding AB (Malmö, Sweden; www.perstorp.com) has announced intent to acquire an existing biodiesel plant in Fredrikstad, Norway. "We have ambitious growth plans for biofuels, now and in the future, and we see how the demand will increase to meet…
BP plc (London; www.bp.com) and Oman International Petrichemical Industries Co. (OMPET), a joint venture between Oman Oil Company, LG International Corp and Takamul Investment Co., have entered into a licensing agreement for BP’s latest-generation purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology. OMPET…
EuroChem (Moscow, Russia; www.eurochem.ru) announced that its subsidiary Phosphorit has commenced the construction of a new high-tech ammonia plant in Kingisepp, Russia. The Kingisepp ammonia plant will have a design capacity of 1 million metric tons per year (m.t./yr). In…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland; www.kemira.com) has acquired certain assets of Soto Industries, LLC, a privately owned company, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Soto specializes in the application of scale control products, defoamers, and settling agents for the pulp and paper…
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) has appointed Bazmi Husain as chief technology officer (CTO), effective January 1, 2016. Husain, an expert in power and automation who has been with ABB for more than 30 years, will report to CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer.…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced that Egypt’s Alexandria National Refining & Petrochemicals Company (ANRPC) will use UOP technology and equipment as part of a $300-million, multi-year project to expand an existing, state-of-the-art gasoline production facility…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) is to invest more than €1.3 million to build a pilot plant for coating resins at its Performance Coatings site located in Felling, UK. The state-of-the-art facility will provide resin samples for product testing and…
Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC; Jonesboro, Ark.; www.camfilapc.com) , a global manufacturer of dust, mist and fume collection equipment, reports that Christian Debus has been appointed as the new executive vice president in charge of worldwide operations. He will be…
The board of directors of Myriant Corp. (Quincy, Mass.; www.myriant.com) an affiliate of PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (PTTGC), announced that Cenan Ozmeral will retire as Myriant's president and chief executive officer. Dr. Ozmeral will continue to serve as…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has begun its first production of diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) at its wholly-owned site in Chongqing, China. Production will be ramped up gradually in line with market demand. MDI is an important component for polyurethanes –…