Yara International (Oslo, Norway; www.yara.com) and BASF Group have agreed to build a world scale ammonia plant at BASF’s site in Freeport, Tex. The plant will use hydrogen as raw material, reducing capital expenditures (capex), maintenance and carbon dioxide emissions…
Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. (www.mathesongas.com) has continued its strategic expansion with the acquisition of Sims Welding Supply in Southern California. Sims Welding Supply is a supplier of industrial, specialty and bulk gases, plus welding hard goods, equipment and supplies. Headquartered in…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG; Kuantuan, Malaysia; www.petronaschemicals.com) will build a new world-scale production plant for 2-ethylhexanoic acid (2-EH acid) at the site of their existing joint venture, BASF Petronas Chemicals, in Kuantan, Malaysia…
Honeywell (Morristown, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) Process Solutions (HPS) has announced a five-year agreement to provide comprehensive services and support for the control systems of what is said to be the world's largest coal-to-liquids (CTL) plant, Sasol's synthetic fuels and chemicals complex…
Microdyn-Nadir GmbH (Wiesbaden, Germany; www.microdyn-nadir.de), a membrane and module manufacturer, is now a 100% subsidiary of the filtration specialist Mann+Hummel GmbH (Ludwigsburg, Germany; www.mann-hummel.com). Through the acquisition, both companies consequently follow their joint strategy to grow the water filtration business.…
Reverdia (www.reverdia.com), a joint venture (JV) between Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, The Netherlands; www.dsm.com) and starch-derivatives maker Roquette (Lestrem, France; www.roquette.com), has announced that pivotal patents have been granted to DSM in Europe, Japan and Canada for its innovative yeast-based succinic…
AkzoNobel Performance Coatings (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has announced plans to invest €2.5 million to expand its plant in Cikarang, Indonesia. The investment will add capacity to help meet growing demand for the company’s International brand products, which are supplied…
Uhde Inventa-Fischer (Domat/Ems, Switzerland; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) has been awarded a major contract from the Polish chemical group Grupa Azoty to build a polyamide 6 plant. The multiline plant will be built at the company's headquarters in Tarnow, Poland, and will have…
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS; Yokohama, Japan; www.mhps.com) has received an order from Green Core Geothermal, Inc. (GCGI), a group company of Energy Development Corporation (EDC) of the Philippines, the world leader in geothermal power generation capacity, for rehabilitation…
Total trade in chemicals, including both imports and exports, in the U.S. expanded 3.5% in 2014, to $388 billion, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). The 2014 expansion…