Mitsui Chemicals (Tokyo; www.mitsuichem.com) announced that the company is constructing the world's first large-scale plant for xylylene diisocyanate (XDI) within its Omuta Works facility (Kyushu, Japan). This new development is one of several measures the company has undertaken in recent…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has begun operation of its new production facility for Rohacell structural foam at its Darmstadt, Germany site, following an investment of approximately six million Euros. The new facility will increase the polymerization capacity at…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) plans to increase its annual production capacity of natural soda ash at its Green River plant in Wyoming by 150,000 metric tons (m.t.) as of early next year, to meet growing demand of its U.S.…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland; www.sika.com) has agreed to acquire Lwart Química Ltda., a supplier of waterproofing products in Brazil. The acquisition strengthens Sika’s position in the Brazilian construction chemicals market and complements Sika’s geographical footprint in Brazil. Last year Lwart…
The specialty chemicals group Altana (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com) has acquired technologies and customer-specific know-how in the field of polypropylene wax emulsions from Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, The Netherlands; www.dsm.com). The products can be used to coat glass fibers, which are…
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) has been awarded a contract by Singapore Refining Co. Ltd. (SRC) — jointly owned by Singapore Petroleum Co. and Chevron — to carry out the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) work for the construction of…
Chevron Energy Technology Company (San Ramon, Calif.; www.chevron.com) and GE Oil & Gas (London, U.K.; www.ge.com) announced today the creation of the Chevron GE Technology Alliance, which will develop and commercialize valuable technologies to solve critical issues for the oil…
Solazyme, Inc.(San Francisco, Calif.; www.solazyme.com) says that commercial operations have commenced at both Archer Daniels Midland Co.’s (ADM) Clinton, Iowa facility, and the downstream companion facility operated by American Natural Products in Galva, Iowa (ANP). Highlighting the flexibility of Solazyme’s technology…
To address the market demand of increased capacity and volume Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has developed the mega-size flotation cell based on its well-established technologies. The first TankCell e500 flotation cell will be installed to First Quantum Minerals' Kevitsa…
Dassault Systèmes (Vèlizy-Villacoublay, France; www.3ds.com), a world leader in 3D design software, 3D digital mockup and product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions and Accelrys, Inc. (San Diego, Calif.; www.accelrys.com), a leading provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software for chemistry, biology…