Revenues from sales of chemicals in the U.S. is projected to top $1 trillion by 2018, according to economic analyses conducted by the American Chemistry Council (Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) and discussed in its Chemical Industry and Outlook report for the…
Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) has announced a plan to divest its two South African subsidiaries, Arkema Resins Proprietary Limited and Harveys Composites Proprietary Limited to South African company, Ferro Industrial Products Proprietary Limited, specializing in the production and distribution of…
BASF Catalysts India Private Limited, a division of BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is expanding its mobile emissions catalysts production capacity in Chennai, India. Construction of a new 47,000 square meter facility will begin in December 2013, enhancing the company’s…
Novozymes (Copenhagen, Denmark; www.novozymes.com) and Monsanto Company (St. Louis, Mo.; www.monsanto.com) have announced a longterm strategic alliance for the research and commercialization of sustainable microbial products that will provide a new platform of solutions for growers around the world. The…
LIST AG (Arisdorf Switzerland; www.list.ch) is the proud winner of the sixth edition of the Prix SVC (Swiss Venture Club) for northern Switzerland. LIST was cited for its continued commitment to innovative engineering that has resulted in groundbreaking technology, such…
Honeywell (Morristown, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) has announced that investments of approximately $300 million will be made by the company and key suppliers to increase production capacity for HFO-1234yf, a new refrigerant for automobiles with a global-warming potential (GWP) of less than…
Braskem America (Philadelphia, Pa.; www.braskem.com) and Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com) announced an agreement for the joint development of a commercial process technology to make bio-based butadiene from renewable feedstocks. Braskem is the world’s leading producer of biopolymers and the…
The plant engineering and construction company Uhde Inventa-Fischer (Domat/Ems, Switzerland; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) and Octal Petrochemicals, the largest PET resin manufacturer in the Middle East and the largest integrated PET sheet manufacturer in the world, successfully commissioned a polycondensation plant for the…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract by JSC Gazprom Neft for front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for a new oil-refining complex at Gazprom Neft's refinery in Omsk, Western Siberia, Russia. The existing refinery is currently…
Renmatix, Inc. (King of Prussia, Pa.; www.renmatix.com) and Virent, Inc. (Madison, Wis.; www.virent.com) have announced a strategic collaboration to convert affordable cellulosic sugars to renewable chemicals and bio-based packaging materials. Under the terms of the multi-phase development project, Renmatix’s Plantrose…