The Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) announces that in conjunction with its previously announced technology license agreement with Daelim Industrial, it has begun construction of a new polyisobutylene (PIB) unit at its Deer Park, Tex. facility. Construction of this unit…
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.henkel.com) has named Rahmyn Kress as chief digital officer to accelerate Henkel’s digital activities. He will report directly to Henkel CEO Hans Van Bylen. Rahmyn Kress will join Henkel in the second quarter…
With the goal of spurring innovation to address customers’ engineering design challenges and accelerating speed to market for new, rigorously-tested products, Emerson (St. Luois, Mo.; www.emerson.com) opened an advanced additive manufacturing center at its Singapore campus. This is Emerson’s second…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) opened its expanded production facility for dicamba in Beaumont, Texas. Dicamba is the active ingredient in BASF’s newest herbicide product Engenia, which was granted approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in December 2016.…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Peñoles Group to provide zinc production related technologies to the Met-Mex Peñoles' zinc production facility in Torreon, Mexico. The contract, valued at approximately EUR 24 million, has been booked in Outotec's first…
Yokogawa Corporation of America (Sugar Land, Tex.; www.yokogawa.com/us) announced that Shuji Mori, a company veteran who has been with Yokogawa for nearly three decades, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Yokogawa Corporation of America. In the role of…
Ashland Inc. (Columbus, Ohio; www.ashland.com) has established the Ashland Corrosion Science Center (ACSC) as a new center of excellence to support corrosion applications based on fiber reinforced polymers (FRP). The ACSC is a forum where industry partners, end-users, design engineers…
The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) reported that U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes rose a strong 0.6 percent in February. This follows an upwardly revised 0.4 percent gain in January. Volumes have generally been moving up since May.…
The Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) announces its intention to increase its equity in Lubrizol India Private Limited (LIPL), currently a 50-50 joint venture between Lubrizol and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (Indian Oil). Indian Oil has received in-principle approval from…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced that Stork, Fluor’s maintenance, modification and asset integrity segment, was awarded a five-year contract by Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.huntsman.com) for maintenance and sustaining small capital projects at four of its differentiated chemicals…