Praxair Distribution, Inc. (PDI), a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), announced its two joint venture (JV) companies operating in the southeastern U.S. have merged. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction involves merging Praxair Distribution…
Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France ; www.saint-gobain.com) has acquired Brazilian company SG Plasticos, a leading player in specialty extruded tubing in Brazil, based in the state of São Paulo. The company provides differentiated and customized solutions related to fluid transfers in demanding…
Dyadic International, Inc. (Jupiter, Fla.; www.dyadic.com) announced the closing of the previously announced sale of substantially all of the assets of its Industrial Technology business to DuPont’s Industrial Biosciences business for $75 million in cash. As previously announced, following the…
The Global Chemical Production Regional Index (Global CPRI) rose by 0.4% in November on a three-month-moving-average (3MMA) basis, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Meanwhile, the ACC’s final…
Evonik Industries (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is building a new production plant for specialty copolyesters at its Witten site in Germany. As binders for paints, specialty copolyesters are used in coil coatings and, increasingly, in food can coatings. The company is…
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo, Japan; www.sdk.co.jp) has expanded its capacity to supply high-purity ammonia, which is widely used in production processes for electronic materials, by stepping up the production capacity of a plant owned by its manufacturing subsidiary in…
Clean Harbors (Norwell, Mass.; www.cleanharbors.com) and CDM Smith (Boston, Mass.; www.cdmsmith.com) are constructing a new thermal treatment plant at Clean Harbors’ existing facility in El Dorado, Arkansas—the first new commercial incinerator of its kind built in the United States in…
Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has delivered licensed process technology, basic engineering, catalysts and services for the first greenfield methanol plant in the U.S. in many years. Located in Clear Lake, Texas, the plant is a 50/50 joint venture…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co. The project scope includes the license and engineering design of a grassroots propane and butane dehydrogenation unit to be built in…
Celanese Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.celanese.com) announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Push Group Co., Ltd., with respect to the formation of a new joint venture (JV) focused on the production of cellulose acetate-based specialty…