The Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), notched another solid increase over October’s reading both on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis and an unadjusted basis. The CAB…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and Tiangang Auxiliary Co., a privately owned producer and leading supplier of light stabilizers in China, kicked off their new production joint venture (JV) with the approval to purchase a site within the Cangzhou National Coastal-Port…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) and Suez (Paris, France; www.suez-environnement.fr) have won the contract to treat brine from reverse osmosis desalination at Wanhua Chemical Industry Park in Yantai (Shandong Province). This contract is part of the Alliance between Solvay and…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced that it has signed a second longterm oxygen and nitrogen supply contract with a leading global materials supplier in Guangdong Province, China. The latest supply contract will further strengthen Air Products’ strong position…
Royal DSM (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com) and Amyris, Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.; www.amyris.com) announced that they have enhanced their strategic alliance through the sale of Amyris Brasil Ltda to DSM and the establishment of a long-term manufacturing partnership for Amyris’ high-volume…
Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway; www.yara.com) has entered into an agreement to acquire the Vale Cubatão Fertilizantes complex in Brazil from Vale S.A. for an enterprise value of $255 million. The acquisition will establish Yara as a nitrogen producer in…
After two years of construction, Samson AG (Frankfurt am Main, Germany; www.samson.de) has opened the Innovation Center — the most modern R&D and test center for valve engineering — on the eastern end of its Frankfurt site. The new, integrated…
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.; www.trinseo.com) announced the successful start-up of a production line for Magnum acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) at the company’s manufacturing plant at the Zhangjiagang, China site. Customers in Asia Pacific will now have their needs met for Magnum…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) opened a customer-focused Solutions Center at the regional headquarters of its Automation Solutions business in Singapore. To mark the opening, the company also unveiled a collaborative project implemented under the Memorandum of Cooperation signed with…
Tronox Ltd. (Stamford, Conn.; www.tronox.com) announced that its board of directors has appointed Jeffry N. Quinn as president and chief executive officer, effective December 1, 2017. Quinn has served as a member of the company's board of directors since 2011,…