Evonik Tianda (Liaoyang) Chemical Additive Co., Ltd. (ETL) has increased its production capacity for triacetonamine (TAA) derivatives in Liaoyang by 50%. With the expansion, the joint venture (JV) of Evonik China and the Chinese NEPC (Northeast No.1 Electric Power Construction…
SNF UK (Wakefield, U.K.; www.snf.co.uk) has completed the initial construction phase of the Billingham (Teesside) production site. The first production line, for cationic inverse emulsion, is now operational and is producing material to primarily support the water and wastewater treatment…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) recently began operations at its advanced stretching and polishing plant for aviation materials made of ACRYLITE. In Weiterstadt, 20 kilometers South of Frankfurt, the company is now producing polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) sheets 5.4 meters…
Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn.; www.hexcel.com) and Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) have signed a strategic alliance to develop thermoplastic composite solutions for the aerospace sector combining the expertise of Hexcel in carbon fiber and that of Arkema in PEKK. The partnership…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan; www.mitsuichem.com) has decided to set up a new production facility for Milastomer thermoplastic olefin elastomer at the Ohio-based plant of its U.S. subsidiary Advanced Composites, Inc. The new line will have capacity to produce 6,000…
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo, Japan; www.sdk.co.jp) has expanded its capacity to produce high-purity hydrogen bromide (HBr), which is used in the manufacture of semiconductors, and started operation of the expanded HBr plant in this March. High-purity HBr is a…
Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) and United Chemical Company LLP (UCC) have signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) for the development of a world-scale polyethylene project, integrated with an ethane cracker, in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Simultaneously, a government…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) intends to sell its global Polycarbonates (PCS) sheets business. PCS sheets are highly durable and free-formable sheets that are used in public transportation, roofing systems or signage applications. As a first step, Covestro’s PCS sheets…
Tronox Ltd, (Stamford, Conn.; www.tronox.com), a global mining and inorganic chemicals company, announced that Tronox LLC, its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, has entered into a purchase agreement with EMD Acquisition LLC to sell certain assets and liabilities of its Electrolytic…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded a contract by JSC ACRON subsidiary JSC Dorogobuzh to provide equipment to revamp its ammonia plant located in Dorogobuzh in the Smolensk region of Russia. Under the terms of the…