The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) reported that U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes continued to gain during the second quarter, increasing 0.5 percent in May, after an upwardly revised 1.0 percent gain in April and a 0.4 percent…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) has started production of hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin and halobutyl rubber at its integrated manufacturing complex in Singapore, the company’s largest integrated refining and petrochemical complex in the world. “These new plants enhance the competitiveness and…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) held a ribbon-cutting event at the Covestro LLC Baytown, Texas, industrial park, where Air Products has invested over $350 million to build, own and operate a world-scale steam-methane reformer (SMR). The SMR is producing…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and Beijing Tiangang Auxiliary Co., Ltd. (Tiangang), conducted a groundbreaking ceremony in Cangzhou (China), just over 200 km south of Beijing. The ceremony marked the start of the construction of a world-class production facility for stabilizers…
John Crane (Chicago, Ill.; www.johncrane.com), a global provider of rotating equipment solutions, recently announced that as of June 13, the company finalized its purchase of Seebach GmbH, a German-based provider of highly engineered filtration solutions for use in polymer, oil…
Tata Chemicals Ltd. (TCL; Mumbai, India; www.tatachemicals.com) completed the acquisition of the Silica business from Allied Silica. Earlier this year, the company had entered into a Business Transfer Agreement with Allied Silica Limited to acquire their business of precipitated silica…
Sandvik's business unit Sandvik Materials Technology (www.materials.sandvik) has signed an agreement to divest its stainless wire business to Zapp Group, a German family-owned leading supplier of advanced metal products. This completes the full scope of the divestment plan for the…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been working on the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) to double the sulfur derivatives production capacities at Arkema's Beaumont,Texas site. KBR has been leading the FEED from its Houston Operations Center…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) is planning to build its own chlorine production plant in Tarragona (Spain) and will use a particularly sustainable process: oxygen-depolarized cathode (ODC) technology, that consumes around a quarter less energy than the conventional method. At…
Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand; www.indoramaventures.com) announced that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with Dhunseri Petrochem Ltd. (Dhunseri) to acquire its Egyptian Indian Polyester Company S.A.E. (EIPET) Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) facility located in Ain…