LyondellBasell Industries (Rotterdam, Netherlands; www. Lyondellbasell.com), a partner with SAT &Co. and KMGEP of Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries Ltd. (KPI), today reaffirmed its ongoing participation in the development and construction, of an integrated petrochemical complex and a gas separation unit (GSU)…
SolVin (www.solvinpvc.com), a joint venture of Solvay S.A.(Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com), announces the successful startup of new production capacity for Diofan polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) latex at its Tavaux, France, plant. Diofan PVDC latex is a…
Dow Europe GmbH (Horgen, Switzerland; www.dow.com) announced today the start up of a new Solution Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SSBR) plant in Schkopau, Germany. The new facility includes a capacity rights agreement with JSR Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.jsr.co.jp). Dow owns and…
Hoerbiger Holding AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.hoerbiger.com) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% ownership of Tritech Compression, Inc. (Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada). Effective, March 2, 2009, the oil field equipment supply and maintenance service company will operate as business…
The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced today that the world’s largest commercial-scale propylene oxide (PO) plant and the first based on the innovative hydrogen peroxide to propylene oxide (HPPO) technology jointly developed by BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com)…
Dresser Masoneilan (Houston, Tex.; www.dresser.com), an international leader in the design, manufacture, and support of process control valves and solutions, was recently chosen by steel plant and equipment supplier Danieli India Ltd to provide control valves for the Vizakhapatnam Steel…
On February 20, global specialty chemicals supplier Cognis GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany; www.cognis.com) signed an agreement to sell its Botanicals Extracts Business to Burgundy Botanical Extracts Iberia, S.A. (Burgundy; www.burgundy-extracts.com). Today, Cognis and Burgundy announced that the sale of…
Plant Watch Dow to close LDPE plant in Freeport, Texas February 12, 2009 — Driven by current economic conditions and overcapacity for low-density polyethylene (LDPE) in the North American marketplace, The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.) has announced the shutdown…
A photocatalyst that is more active for decomposing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with visible light than existing catalysts has been developed by researchers from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO; Kawasaki City, Japan) in a project lead…
Last month, GE Oil & Gas (Florence, Italy; www.ge.com/oilandgas) received a contract to supply Eni S.p.A. (Rome; www.eni.it) with the largest refinery reactors of their type ever to be manufactured. GE Oil & Gas’ components-production facility in Massa, Italy, will…