As announced earlier, Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV; www.gulfcoastgv.com), a joint venture of ExxonMobil and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) will be constructing a new chemical complex in Texas. Zachry Group and its partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. (MHIA)…
Ascend Performance Materials (Houston, Tex.; www.ascendmaterials.com), a global provider of premium chemicals, fibers and plastics, announced the completion of a multimillion-dollar reliability and capacity investment in nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) production at its Chocolate Bayou facility in Alvin, Texas. The investment…
INEOS (London, U.K.; www.ineos.com) has today announced the next step forwards in the design and build of its state-of-the-art PDH (propane dehydrogenation unit) at the centre of its €3 billion investment to be located at its Antwerp site in…
W. R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com), the leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL PP Process Technology to Hyundai Chemical Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Hyundai Oilbank Co.,…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) and Neste (Espoo, FInland; www.neste.com) jointly announced the production of bio-based polypropylene and polyethylene at a commercial scale. This is said to be the first time bio-based polypropylene and bio-based low-density polyethylene were produced simultaneously…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) for April 2019 increased from the previous month’s value, reversing two months of small declines. The increase in April for the overall CEPCI is a result…
Zachry Group (San Antonio, Tex.; www.zachrygroup.com) and its partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. (Houston, Tex.; www.mitsubishitoday.com) have been selected to construct a two-train polyethylene unit that will be part of a new chemical complex near Corpus Christi, Texas. The…
Greentown Labs (Somerville, Mass.; www.greentownlabs.com), the largest cleantech startup incubator in North America, and BASF Corp. North America (Florham Park, N.J.; www.basf.com) one of the world's leading chemical companies, are now accepting applications for the Greentown Labs Circularity Challenge, a…
A housing is not just there to hold a sensor firmly in place. With the right housing you can clean, calibrate or exchange sensors without stopping or contaminating the process. You can also dramatically increase sensor lifetime. Select the right…
Pfizer Inc. (New York; www.pfizer.com) and Array BioPharma Inc. (Boulder, CO; www.arraybiopharma.com) have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Pfizer will acquire Array, a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of targeted small…