BP plc (London; www.bp.com) and Xin Feng Ming Group Co., Ltd. entered an agreement to license BP’s latest generation purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology to Dushan Energy Ltd., a subsidiary of Xinfengming. BP and Xinfengming also signed a memorandum of…
PolyMirae Company Ltd., a a 50/50 joint venture between LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasel.com) and Daelim Industrial (www.daelimchem.co.kr), announced that it would establish a joint venture with SK Advanced in South Korea. The new company will be a joint venture…
W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com) has granted a license that allows PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk. (CAP) to expand its existing UNIPOL PP (polypropylene) plant. The world-scale capacity of this UNIPOL PP facility, located in Ciwandan, Indonesia, will be…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.the-linde-group.com) and Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) have concluded an exclusive cooperation agreement on the use of membranes for natural gas processing. The two companies will jointly promote membrane technology – Evonik on the…
Bio-on (Bologna, Italy; www.bio-on.it) has inaugurated its first plant designed to produce 100% natural and biodegradable special polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) bioplastics for high added-value niche markets, such as the microbeads used in the cosmetics sector. "We are extremely proud," explains Bio-on…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) opened their new facilities based in Clinton, Oklahoma serving the company's Oil Services group. The site, for which Clariant has made a significant investment, is a strategic location to support the growing oil and gas industry…
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) has entered into an agreement to acquire Austin, Texas-based Austemper Design Systems Inc., a startup software company that offers analysis, auto-correction and simulation technology. This technology allows customers to test and harden IC designs for…
Albemarle Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.; www.albemarle.com) announced that it has signed a Heads of Agreement in the field of heavy feedstock hydrocracking for the company's catalysts business unit. Sinopec Catalyst Co. (SCC), Sinopec Fushun Research Institute of Petroleum and Petrochemicals (FRIPP),…
A joint development project between Henkel (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.henkel.com), packaging manufacturer Mondi, plastics manufacturer Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) and the recycling technology company APK aims to significantly improve the sustainability of plastic multi-layer flexible packaging. “APK AG, based in…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with the Sweden-based mining company Boliden on the design and delivery of an absorption section to be built for the sulfuric acid plant at the Rönnskär smelter. The order has been booked in…