DowDuPont Transportation & Advanced Polymers (www.plastics.dupont.com.), a business segment of the DowDuPont Specialty Products Division, announced that it is increasing production capacity at its Mechelen, Belgium, site to meet strong customer demand for DuPont Zytel HTN high-performance polyamide resin used in the…
Abengoa (Seville, Spain; www.abengoa.com) has received Notice to Proceed on what will be the first plant that will produce biofuels from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in the United States with gasification technology. Prior to this, Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc., who Abengoa…
Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway; www.yara.com) will sign a mining agreement with the Ethiopian authorities, making possible the future development of the Yara Dallol potash mine. The mining agreement will be signed at a ceremony in Addis Abeba by Ethiopian…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) will expand its production capacities for silicone and polymer products in China and continue to reinforce its research and development capability in order to further strengthen its market position in the region. Specifically, the…
Endress+Hauser (Reinbach BL, Switzerland; www.endress.com) is further expanding its portfolio of products, solutions and services in the field of process analytical measurement. The Group has acquired Blue Ocean Nova AG (Aalen, Germany; www.blueoceannova.com), a manufacturer of innovative inline spectrometers for…
Maag Pump Systems AG (Oberglatt, Switzerland; www.maag.com) has opened two new facilities that will serve the Chinese market. The first is a new 4,000-m2 facility in the Jiading District of Shanghai. This larger, more spacious facility will help Maag better…
“We are very pleased about the expansion of our partnership with Siegfried AG,” says Tom Blades, CEO of Bilfinger SE (Mannheim, Germany; www.bilfinger.com). “Bilfinger has helped Siegfried AG (Zofingen, Switzerland; www.siegfried.ch) at its Swiss headquarters to improve plant availability while…
Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC (Shell; www.shell.com/chemicals) announced the official start of the main construction phase of its major petrochemicals complex in Pennsylvania, USA. This follows the successful completion of the site preparation and detailed design and engineering work. The final…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has inaugurated its Solef polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) plant in China, to meet booming global demand for this thermoplastic polymer in energy-efficient, environmental and industrial applications. “Solvay’s consistent expansion on the Changshu site, this time with a new…
Innophos Holdings, Inc. (Cranbury, N.J.; www.innophos.com) announced that it has acquired NutraGenesis, a Vermont-based marketer of proprietary, branded and science-backed nutraceutical ingredients. Under the terms of the purchase agreement, Innophos has acquired all of the outstanding equity interests of NutraGenesis…