The Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) announces its LifeSciences business continues to invest in its key capabilities through a variety of planned expansions. During this latest phase, a $60 million investment will focus on new product solutions, capacity expansion and…
Sibur’s (Moscow; www.sibur.com) Perm subsidiary and the Perm Territory government signed a special investment contract to set up a new 100,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) facility producing dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP), a general-purpose plasticizer. Production is scheduled to start in 2019. …
NatureWorks (Minnetonka, Minn.; www.natureworksllc.com) announced that it has signed a contract to license Plaxica's Optipure chemical processing technology for the production of D-lactic acid. The license provides NatureWorks with a low-cost route to produce D-lactic acid, a building block for…
Innospec Inc. (Littleton, Colo.; www.innospecinc.com) announced that it has approved a significant investment in its Performance Chemicals business to increase capacity at the surfactant production facility in Saint Mihiel, France. This strategic investment will focus on increasing Innospec’s production of…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has completed the €2.6 million ($3.5 million) expansion of its U.S. research and development (R&D) facilities in Houston, Texas. Carried out in phases over a period of three years, the investment in the site -…
The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced the completion of the construction phase of its new Elite enhanced polyethylene production facility in Freeport, Texas. Completed on time, the 400,000 metric ton (m.t.) polyethylene unit is the first of four…
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cpchem.com) announced that it has successfully completed a low-viscosity polyalphaolefins (PAO) capacity expansion at its Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown, Texas. The 20% capacity expansion enables the company to meet the increasing…
The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) presented its Responsible Care Company of the Year award today to three companies: Ethyl Corporation in the small size category, FMC Corporation in the medium size category and BASF Corporation in the…
AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) is to invest more than €10 million in Sweden to expand capacity for its chelated micronutrients, which are used as essential ingredients in the agricultural market. The project, at Kvarntorp, will help meet growing…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has signed an agreement to sell its electrolytes manufacturing site in Suzhou, China, to Shenzhen Capchem Technology Co. one of the leading suppliers in the global electronic-chemicals and functional materials industry. The transaction is expected…