The Chemical Activity Barometer, a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), was up 0.1 percent in September on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis following a 0.1 percent decline in August and gains…
Reflecting a rebound of manufacturing production, U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes rose 0.2 percent in August after falling 0.1 percent in July, rising 0.2 percent in June and a generally weak early 2019, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC;…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) announces an agreement with Methanex Corp. (Vancouver, B.C.; www.methanex.com) to supply oxygen, nitrogen and utilities to its upcoming methanol plant expansion project in Geismar, La. To serve Methanex and its other customers in the industrial…
Yesterday, Dow (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced the winners of the 2019 Packaging Innovation Awards, which recognize the packaging industry’s top achievements in innovative packaging design, materials, technologies and processes. The highest honor, the Diamond Award, went to Dai Nippon Printing…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com), a global technology and engineering company, has helped design, equip and provide training tools for San Jacinto College’s new Center for Petrochemical, Energy and Technology (CPET), designed to empower students of all levels with…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) for July 2019 decreased from the previous month’s value. The decline is the fifth within the last six months. Decreases in the Equipment and Buildings subindices…
Materials manufacturer Covestro (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) has signed an agreement with Serafin Group (Augsburg, Germany; www.serafin-gruppe.de) for the sale of Covestro’s European polycarbonate sheets business, which comprises manufacturing units in Belgium and Italy, central management operations and sales support in…
Graham Corp. (Batavia, N.Y.; www.graham-mfg.com), a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and defense industries, yesterday announced that it secured $19 million in orders for three international projects in its crude oil…
Albemarle (Baton Rouge, La.; www.albemarle.com) Fine Chemistry Services (FCS; www.albcustom.com), a leading U.S. domestic supplier of regulatory starting materials (RSMs), intermediates, and high-value active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to the pharmaceutical industry, today announced the expansion of its operations at its…
Honeywell announced today that Sonatrach Total Entreprise Polymères (STEP) has selected Honeywell UOP’s (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) C3 Oleflex technology to produce 565,000 metric tons per year of polymer-grade propylene for a proposed plant in Arzew, Algeria. In addition to…