The technology and licensing group of Invista (Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com), INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT), Sichuan Shengda Chemical New Material Co. and Sichuan Energy Investment Chemical New Material Co., Ltd (Sichuan Energy) announced the successful startup of Sichuan Shengda’s purified terephthalic…
Omnova Solutions Inc. (Beachwood, Ohio; www.omnova.com) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Synthomer plc (London, U.K.; www.synthomer.com) for $10.15 per share in cash. The company also reported its second quarter fiscal 2019 earnings, which…
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.; www.trinseo.com) announced the opening a new compounding factory at its Hoek Site in Terneuzen, The Netherlands on June 26, 2019. With this development, the company is providing an extra boost to the developments in the field of…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has increased its global production capacity for the higher carboxylic acids (HCA) isononanoic acid (INA) and 2-ethylhexanoic acid (2-EHA) from 55,000 metric tons (m.t.) to 68,000 m.t./yr. With world-scale and highly flexible production facilities at…
Effective July 8, 2019, Victaulic (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.victaulic.com) has purchased Globe Fire Sprinkler (Standish, Mich.; www.globesprinkler.com). Combined, the two companies will look to bring new solutions to the fire protection industry around the world. Steven Worthington, who will continue…
Catalent, Inc. (Somerset, N.J.; www.catalent.com), a leading global provider of advanced delivery technologies, and development and manufacturing solutions for drugs, biologics, gene therapies, and consumer health products, today announced that it has significantly expanded the capacity of its global…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has signed a long-term agreement with Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV), a 50/50 joint venture between ExxonMobil and SABIC, to supply oxygen and nitrogen from its industrial gas pipeline network to GCGV’s planned ethane…
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cpchem.com) and Qatar Petroleum (Doha, Qatar; www.qp.com.qa) today announced they have signed an agreement to jointly pursue development of a new petrochemical plant in the Gulf Coast region of the United States.…
Global EPC and turnkey management company Nuberg EPC (New Delhi, India; www.nubergepc.com) has been selected by SCE Chemicals, Morocco as the EPC lump sum contractor to establish a new chlor-alkali plant. The plant will produce caustic soda, hydrochloric acid and…
Since the acquisition of Microdyn-Nadir in 2015, Mann+Hummel (Ludwigsburg, Germany; www.mann-hummel.com) has been active in the membrane industry with a focus on water, wastewater and process filtration. With the acquisition of a stake in Seccua Holding AG (www.seccua.com), the company…