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BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Toda Kogyo Corp. (Tokyo,… Clariant divests its Energy Storage Business to Johnson Matthey
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has agreed to divest its Business… Cristal to acquire TiO2 assets of Jiangxi Tikon
The National Titanium Dioxide Co. (Cristal; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; www.cristal.com)… BASF to increase production capacity for t-butylamine plant in Nanjing
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will expand the production capacity… Outotec to modernize Norilsk Nickel’s smelter in Russia
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded a contract… Fluor and Technip JV awarded contract for Sasol’s La. ethane cracker and derivatives complex
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com), in a joint venture (JV)… New Air Products Lab will help oil recyclers optimize hydrotreatment processes
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) is building a hydrogen… Fluor and Technip awarded RAPID Refinery Facilities Project in Malaysia
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com), in a joint venture (JV)… Caloric wins its first project in the U.K.
Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing, Germany; www.caloric.com) has won its first… ThyssenKrupp wins follow-up order for cement plant in Saudi Arabia
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com), the ThyssenKrupp Group's… UOP phenol technology selected by Cepsa Chemical in China
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says… BASF to divest global textile chemicals business to Archroma
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Archroma (Reinach, Switzerland www.archroma.com)… Evonik opens new production facility in Brazil
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) will start operations in… Foster Wheeler awarded EPC contract for Clean Fuels Project at Salina Cruz
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary… CB&I lands gasification-technology contract in China
CB&I (The Woodlands, Rex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract… Clariant invests in personal- and home-care segments in Asia
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) will build a new production… CB&I announces technology award in the Kingdom of Bahrain
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) today announced Chevron Lummus Global,… Evonik boosts capacity for special silicas at its Rheinfelden site
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has officially opened a… New Borealis JV delivers safe and reliable energy supplies in Porvoo
Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) plans to partner with Neste… M+W Group receives contract for Merck’s new pharmaceutical facility in China
M+W Group (Stuttgart, Germany; www.mwgroup.net), one of the world’s leading… BASF inaugurates chemical complex in India
BASF India Ltd. today inaugurated its large-scale chemical production complex… Parker opens Parflex Polymer Innovation Center
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Reactive Chemistry in the CPI
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BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Toda Kogyo Corp. (Tokyo,…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has agreed to divest its Business…
The National Titanium Dioxide Co. (Cristal; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; www.cristal.com)…
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Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded a contract…
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Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) is building a hydrogen…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com), in a joint venture (JV)…
Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing, Germany; www.caloric.com) has won its first…
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UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Archroma (Reinach, Switzerland www.archroma.com)…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) will start operations in…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Rex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) will build a new production…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) today announced Chevron Lummus Global,…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has officially opened a…
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