Plant Watch Strategic partnership for acrylonitrile and sodium cyanide in the Middle East April 29, 2011 — Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com), Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. (Tokyo; www.asahi-kasei.co.jp) and Mitsubishi Corp. (Tokyo; www.mitsubishicorp.com) have signed…
SGL Group (Wiesbaden, Germany; www.sglgroup.com) delivered graphite soft felt for a 1-MWh VRB (Vanadium Redox Battery) energy storage system from Prudent Energy. As Prudent Energy, the world’s largest manufacturer of Vanadium Flow Batteries, announced, the company completed a 1-MWh energy…
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Col.; www.gevo.com) has begun the retrofit of its ethanol facility in Luverne, Minnesota, to produce biobased isobutanol. This milestone brings the company one step closer to commercial-scale production. The retrofit, which is expected to be complete by…
The Chilean economy is one of the most dynamic in Latin America. The country has enjoyed steady growth over the last 10 years. The Global Competitiveness Report for 2009–2010, a yearly report published by the World Economic Forum, ranks Chile…
Edwards (Crawley, U.K.; www.edwardsvacuum.com) has opened its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Cheonan, Korea to serve its Korean and other global customers. The U.K. Business Secretary, Vince Cable and Edwards CEO, Matthew Taylor, officially opened the site in the presence…
Ashland Inc. (Covington, Ky.; www.ashland.com) and International Specialty Products Inc. (ISP; Wayne, N.J.) today announced that Ashland has agreed to acquire privately owned ISP, a global specialty chemical manufacturer of innovative functional ingredients and technologies. Under the terms of the…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Ineos Industries Holdings Ltd. (Lyndhurst, U.K.; www.ineos.com) have made an important step towards the stablishment of the joint venture (JV) company Styrolution. On May 27, 2011 the companies signed a JV contract, which regulates…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will build the world’s largest single-train toluene diisocyanate (TDI) plant in Europe. The plant will have a capacity of 300,000 metric tons (m.t.) per year and will be fully integrated with precursor production. The TDI…
Toyo Engineering India Limited (Toyo-India), an Indian subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp), has been awarded a contract to build a Styrene-Butadiene Rubber (SBR) plant with a capability of 120,000 ton/yr . The $200-million (estimated) plant will…
Davy Process Technology (Davy; London; www.davyprotech.com) and Johnson Matthey Catalysts (JM Catalysts; Royston, U.K.; www.jmcatalysts.com) both part of Johnson Matthey Plc (www.matthey.com) have entered into contracts with Liaoning Datang International Fuxin Coal to Gas Co. for a plant to produce…