Yesterday, Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland; www.lonza.com) formally launched its newly acquired plant in Shawinigan, Canada. The facility is dedicated to the production of Pro-KTM — a new addition to Lonza's nutrition portfolio. The plant recently passed its ISO-9001-2000 and FAMI-QS…
Yesterday, SGL Group (www.sglcarbon.com) — The Carbon Company — signed definitive agreements to acquire Aldila Inc.’s interest in Carbon Fiber Technology LLC (CFT; Evanston, Wyoming), a joint venture (JV) between SGL and Aldila. Since 1999, SGL Group and Aldila —…
PetroChina Sichuan Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (PetroChina) has chosen LP Oxo SM SELECTORSM 10 Technology for its new facility in Chengdu, capital city of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province. LP Oxo Technology is cooperatively offered by Dow Technology Licensing, a business unit…
The Chinese government today officially opened the first hydrogen service station in Shanghai. The Shanghai Anting Hydrogen Refuelling Station was built by The Linde Group (www.linde.com), Tongji University (Shanghai, China) and Shell Hydrogen (www.shell.com/hydrogen). The station is part of the…
Plant Watch BASF inaugurates two new plants in Texas October 8, 2007 — BASF inaugurated two new manufacturing plants at its site in Freeport, Tex. The polyamide production line, which replaces a facility in Enka, N.C., has a capacity of…
The Dow Chemical Co. (www.dow.com) announced today its intent to stop producing and marketing hydroxyalkyl acrylates (HAA) by the end of 2007. The HAA product line includes hydroxyethyl acrylate (HEA) and hydroxypropyl acrylate (HPA). These products are sold largely to…
Total chemical-deal value for the first three quarters of 2007 exceeded total deal value for all of 2006 ($88 billion versus $51 billion, respectively), says a recent report from PricewaterhouseCoopers entitled Chemical Compounds. The quarterly report on the state of…
Integrated Biodiesel Industries, Ltd (IBI; Sao Paulo) has signed a Letter of Intent with port operator Terminal Puerto Rosario S.A. (TPR) to build a 60,000-m.t./yr biodiesel plant inside its facilities in the city of Rosario, Argentina. TPR will offer existent…
PetroChina Company Ltd. has selected Basell's Hostalen technology for two new high density polyethylene (HDPE) plants; a 300,000 ton/yr plant in Chengdu, Sichuan province, and a 350,000 ton/yr plant in Fushun, Liaoning province, China. Startup for both plants is expected…
The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) announced that it has completed the acquisition of Edulan A/S, an independent polyurethane systems house specializing in rigid foam and elastomer formulation technologies. In addition to Edulan’s business and production facility in Denmark, Dow also…