Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has started up a large air separation plant in northern China for the Yankuang Guohong Chemical Co. facility in Zoucheng City. Yankuang Guohong Chemical Co., Ltd is a subsidiary of Yankuang Group, which has total…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) is expanding its production capacity for polycarbonate films at the Dormagen site. The company is investing roughly €20 million in the construction of a new coextrusion plant for high-quality, multilayer flat films, including the…
Market volumes for specialty chemicals decreased in December by 0.1%, following a 0.7% decline in November, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). The declines were reported on a…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has been selected by Gazprom, Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk and its general contractor NIPIgas as the licenser for cryogenic gas separation technology at the Amur Gas Processing Plant (Amur GPP), located in the far east…
Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube; Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) announced that it has decided to switch to a new manufacturing process for cyclohexanone at the Ube Chemical Factory in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Cyclohexanone manufactured at the Ube Chemical Factory is mainly…
Anellotech Inc. (Pearl River, N.Y.; www.anellotech.com), a sustainable technology company focused on producing cost-competitive renewable chemicals from non-food biomass, announced that the company has selected South Hampton Resources (SHR), a wholly owned subsidiary of Trecora Resources as the operating partner…
BP plc (London; www.bp.com) and Rosneft (Moscow, Russia; www.rosneft.com) announced that they have signed a binding agreement to dissolve the existing refining joint venture (JV) Ruhr Oel GmbH (ROG) as they move toward completion of the previously announced restructuring of…
3M (St. Paul, Minn.; www.3m.com) announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell to Innovative Chemical Products Group (ICP Group), a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity, the assets of 3M’s Pressurized Polyurethane Foam Adhesives business (formerly known…
Tesoro Corp. (San Antonio, Tex.; www.tsocorp.com) announced its plan to foster the development of biocrude made from renewable biomass, which can be co-processed in its existing refineries, along with traditional crude oil. Converting renewable biomass into biocrude is expected to…
Brenntag AG (Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany; www.brenntag.com) has signed an agreement to acquire Leis Polytechnik polymere Werkstoffe GmbH, based in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany. The company is specialized in the development, production and distribution of high-performance polymer compounds. Karsten Beckmann, Member…