Royal DSM (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com), together with APK, is taking the next step to increase the sustainable benefits of multilayer food packaging films. Beyond the primary function of reducing food waste, the products are now also recyclable via APK’s…
Perstorp Holding AB (Malmö, Sweden; www.perstorp.com) recently announced investment in upgrading its Capa caprolactone monomer plant in Warrington, U.K. The monomer plant will be made more robust to ensure an even more reliable supply for customers around the world. This…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) announced it has started up two new air-separation plants to supply China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC.) The two plants, each with 2,400-tons-per-day of oxygen capacity, are supplying on-site oxygen and nitrogen to CNOOC to…
PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (CAP; Jakarta, Indonesia; www.chandra-asri.com), through its subsidiary PT Petrokimia Butadiene Indonesia (PBI), has completed its production expansion project. After beginning shutdown and tie-in activities in March 2018, the butadiene plant is now fully operational at…
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.com) announced that Al Asilah Desalination Company S.A.O.C, in which JGC is the major shareholder, has received an award to build, own and operate a seawater desalination plant in the Sharqiyah region in eastern Oman by…
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) finalized an agreement to acquire Brazilian firm Polinox, South America’s leading producer of ketone peroxides, essential in the manufacture of polymers. The acquisition will expand the company’s footprint in South America, and establish…
Veolia, through its subsidiary Veolia Water Technologies (www.veoliawatertechnologies.com), and the Dubai Municipality successfully commissioned the Jebel Ali Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility, which is set to treat 600 cubic meters of hazardous liquid waste per day. In support of the Dubai…
Oxea GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) has successfully started up its new world-scale production unit “Propanol 2” at its Bay City, Texas, USA, site. The has has capacity to product 100,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of propanol. The now fully…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Chengzhi Shareholding Co., Ltd., to further the development of acetic acid-based ethanol as a clean energy source in China. From 2014 to 2017, Celanese operated a 275,000…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.com) and Socar Polymer (Baku, Azerbaijian; www.socarpolymer.az) officially opened the new polypropylene plant inside the petrochemical complex of Sumgayit, 30 km north of Baku, in Azerbaijan. Fabrizio Di Amato, Maire Tecnimont Chairman and majority shareholder,…