Total S.A. (Paris, France) and Corbion (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced their intention to build a new PLA (Poly-Lactic Acid) bioplastics plant in Europe through their Total Corbion PLA joint venture. The plant is expected to have a capacity of 100,000…
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo) has announced that its consolidated subsidiary Showa Denko Carbon Holding GmbH (SDCH) will merge with its consolidated subsidiary Showa Denko Europe GmbH (SDE), and that the surviving company SDCH will change its company name into…
Calgon Carbon Corp. (Pittsburgh, Pa.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuraray Co., announced that it will add an industrial reactivation furnace at its Chemviron operations in Feluy, Belgium. The Feluy site is the largest reactivation facility in the world, and…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) is investing €20 million to increase powder coatings capacity at its site in Como, Italy – signaling the company’s intent to strengthen its market position and sharpen its focus on greener manufacturing. The Como site –…
Air Liquide (Paris) will invest around 60 million euros to build an Air Separation Unit (ASU) in China’s Lingang Economic District, Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone. Air Liquide has been supplying industrial gases to this major Chinese industrial basin for…
BASF-YPC Co., Ltd. (BYC), a 50-50 joint venture between BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Sinopec, has expanded the production capacity of neopentylglycol (NPG) at the state-of-the-art Verbund site in Nanjing, China. The plant was established in 2015 with an annual…
As part of its continued focus on strategic core markets – the food, beverages and pharmaceutical industries – GEA Group AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) is selling the compressor manufacturer Bock, which is in GEA’s Refrigeration Technologies division, to NORD Holding. The…
SNC-Lavalin (Montreal, Canada) has been awarded a global framework contract to provide engineering consultancy services to bp’s Productions and Operations (P&O) business group to assist the Integrated Energy Company in delivering maximum value from its assets. SNC-Lavalin will draw on…
SKF USA Inc. (Lansdale, Pa.) is investing approximately $50 million in strengthening its manufacturing footprint and competitiveness in North America. Approximately $28 million is being invested in expanding and automating manufacturing processes at the Group’s factory in Sumter, South Carolina.…
Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany) announced the construction of a new production plant for gases at its Spanish location in Vila-seca. It will be located in the south of the Tarragona Chemical Complex and will have a capacity of…