The pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical markets in China are undergoing rapid modernization and continued growth, as a large group of new pharmaceutical factories begin construction, according to speakers at the Achema Worldwide Business Forum on China, which took place yesterday. …
Pompetravaini S.p.A. (Castano, Italy; www.pompetravaini.it) has entered into a share purchase agreement with the holders of 80% of the outstanding shares of NSB Gas Processing AG (NSB; Basel, Switzerland; www.nsbgas.com), a market leading European manufacturer of API liquid ring compressors…
The impact of the chemical industry on the generation and supply of energy in the future was the prominent theme for Sunday afternoon’s opening ceremony at Achema 2012. After introductory remarks by Hans Jürgen Wernicke, chairman of Dechema e.V.,…
An ecological efficiency methodology developed by BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is a powerful tool for assessing the sustainability of chemical processes and operations. The company’s Eco-Efficiency analysis is a holistic method to life-cycle assessment that has been validated externally,…
Dow Corning (Midland, Mich.; www.dowcorning.com) announced today it has started research activities in the newly completed Solar Energy Exploration and Development (SEED) research center, in Seneffe, Belgium, which focuses on the development and discovery of new silicon materials and technologies…
Celanese Corp. Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) plans to construct and operate a methanol production facility at its Clear Lake, Texas acetyl complex. As one of the world’s largest producers of acetyl products, the company plans to utilize its existing infrastructure to…
On June 15, 2012 Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby. Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has signed the agreement with TEDA to purchase land for a new catalyst plant in the Tianjin city of China. Topsøe has been present in China for more than 50…
Davy Process Technology Ltd. (DPT; London; www.davyprotech.com), a Johnson Matthey company, and The Dow Chemical Company’s (Dow; Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) Oxygenated Solvents business announced that Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Yan’an Energy and Chemical Co., (Yan’an Energy), a project entity invested in…
PTA (pure terephthalic acid) and PET (polyethylene terephthalate) producer Lotte Chemical UK Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of KP Chemical Corp. (Korea) and part of the Lotte group of companies, has commissioned Uhde Inventa-Fischer AG (Berlin, Germany and Domat/Ems, Switzerland;…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announced today its Thai affiliate Vinythai will serve the vast and growing Chinese epichlorohydrin market with a new production plant in Taixing, China. The plant with an initial capacity of 100,000 ton/yr epichlorohydrin requires an…