BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) plans to pursue a significant capacity expansion of the integrated ethylene oxide complex at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. The project includes capacity expansions for ethylene oxide and for several downstream derivatives, such as…
Shintech Inc., a subsidiary of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo; www. shinetsu.co.jp) in the U.S., has begun to construct a new integrated plant to produce polyvinyl chloride (PVC) from salt. The new plant will be on industrial site developed by…
DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont; www.cleantechnologies.dupont.com) signed contracts with Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) to provide STRATCO alkylation and MECS Advanced sulfuric acid regeneration (SAR) technologies for the Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC). The 9,100 bbl/d STRATCO alkylation unit and 70 metric…
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…