The chemical company Oxea GmbH (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) has developed several innovative continuous processes to expand its production at its site in Bishop, Texas, USA. The optimizations will add significant further volume, beyond the already announced capacity increases for potassium…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is further expanding its market lead in C4-based products and investing in the expansion of its production facilities. The Group’s 1-butene capacity in Marl (Germany) Chemical Park will be expanded by 75,000 tons, making…
Wholesale sales of chemical products rose 0.5% in November 2012 to $10.2 billion in the U.S., according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). The November increase follows a…
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB; www.csb.gov) has announced that Dr. Beth J. Rosenberg has been confirmed by the U. S. Senate as a board member of the CSB on the first day of 2013. Rosenberg fills one of three current…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB (LKAB) on the design and turnkey delivery of a gas-cleaning plant to LKAB's iron-ore pellet plant in Malmberget, Sweden. The order value is approximately €38 million and it has been…
Molycorp, Inc. (Greenwood Village, Colo.; www.molycorp.com) today announced that all key production components of its new state-of-the-art rare earth manufacturing complex in Mountain Pass, Calif. are up and operational and that the facility has begun ramping up to its full-scale…
Watlow (St. Louis, Mo.; www.watlow.com), an industry leader in the design and manufacture of complete thermal systems, announced today that it acquired Semiconductor Tooling Services, Inc. (STS; San Jose, Calif.) as a wholly-owned subsidiary. The terms of the agreement will…
Technology, engineering and project-management company Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) and the South African plasma fractionation company National Bioproducts Institute (Pinetown, South Africa; www.nbi-kzn.org.za) have signed a service agreement covering production consulting, engineering and executing of services related to…
Pilot Chemical Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio; www.pilotchemical.com) announced today that it has acquired Mason Chemical Co., (Arlington Heights, Ill.; www.masonsurfactants.com). Mason is a leader in the development, registration and sale of quaternary ammonium compounds and related chemistries. The acquisition enhances Pilot…
White Martins Gases Industriais Ltda., the Brazil-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has started up a new air separation unit (ASU) in the state of Alagoas, in Brazil´s northeast region. As part of the long-term contract, Praxair will…