Celanese Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.celanese.com) has begun construction of a vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE) emulsions production unit at the company’s acetyls facility on Jurong Island, Singapore. The unit is expected to begin production by mid-2016. This Singapore unit will be…
Honeywell (Morristown, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) announced that its Performance Materials and Technologies division has opened a new manufacturing facility in China to produce state-of-the-art catalysts used to make components for plastics production. This new site in Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, has…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has signed a long-term contract to provide industrial gases to the China National Offshore Oil Co. (CNOOC). The project, expected to start up in 2017, will enable the reliable and efficient supply of industrial…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has signed a product supply agreement with Big River Steel, LLC. Under the terms of the agreement, Air Products will operate an air separation unit (ASU) producing multiple industrial gases and a PRISM…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has begun the construction of its production plant for highly dispersible silica (HDS) in Gunsan, South Korea, to address growing demand in Asia for energy-saving tires and to develop innovative HDS grades. Solvay officially broke…
Ineos Technologies (Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com) has licensed its Innovene S Process for the manufacture of polyethylene (PE) to SOCAR Polymer for their high-density PE project in the Chemical Industrial Park located in Sumgait, Azerbaijan. The Innovene S HDPE plant will…
Chiyoda Corp. Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyoda-corp.com) says the Chiyoda group and CTCI Arabia have been awarded a contract by Toho Titanium Co. and Advanced Metal Industries Cluster Company Ltd. for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a titanium sponge…
The Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), the leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), showed a 0.1% gain in April, while, the Global Chemical Production Regional Index (Global CPRI) remained stable through March. Both pieces…
Endress+Hauser (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) is acquiring 100% of the process automation business of Colsein Ltda., its longtime sales and service partner in Bogotà, Colombia. “We believe Colombia represents a market with great potential for further growth,” explains Michael Ziesemer, Chief…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded contracts valued in excess of $640 million by Toyo Engineering Corp. (Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) to provide ethylene technology, basic engineering and cracker heater supply, as well as construction services for the…