PKN Orlen (Płock, Poland) is set to build a hydrogen hub in Włocławek, Poland by the end of 2021, ultimately producing up to 600 kg/h of purified hydrogen. The project provides for the construction of a plant for the production…
Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) has finalized the sale of its Functional Polyolefins business to SK Global Chemical, and the sale is fully in line with the strategy to refocus the Group’s activities on Specialty Materials. With sales of around €250…
Solenis LLC (Wilmington, Del.) closed on its previously announced acquisition of the paper business of ChemSystems, a division of AECI Ltd. Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, ChemSystems is a leading producer and supplier of specialized chemical solutions for water-intensive industries,…
On May 30, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; ) kicked off the piling work of the first plants of its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China. This came as another important milestone in the development of the company’s $10-billion investment…
Today is the first day for Haldor Topsoe A/S's (Lyngby, Denmark) new CEO, Roland Baan. “This is a special day for me," says Baan. "Topsoe is an exceptional company that has made a huge difference for the refining and chemical…
Bonnie Tully has been named president of Evonik Corporation, effective June 1. As president of Evonik Corporation, Tully is responsible for the North America region, which recorded sales of €3 billion in fiscal 2019. Tully replaces John Rolando, who is…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) announced that its subsidiary, Celanese (Nanjing) Chemical Co. Ltd., has recently signed a tri-party agreement with Southwest Institute of Chemical Ltd. (SWCHEM), based in Chengdu, China, and Yankuang Lunan Chemical Co. (Lunan) based in Teng Zhou,…
Dow, Inc. (Midland, Mich.) and Johnson Matthey (London, U.K.) announced that China-based company, Zibo Qixiang Tengda Chemical Ltd. (QXTD), has selected LP Oxo Technology to produce isononyl alcohol (INA) at its new manufacturing facility. “QXTD will be the first in the industry…
Altivia Oxide Chemicals, LLC, an affiliate of ALTIVIA Petrochemicals (Houston; www.altivia.com), today announced that it has acquired KMCO (Crosby, Tex.; www.kmcollc.com) and its associated chemical ethoxylation manufacturing assets in Crosby, Texas. The facilities, located on 160 acres near Houston, include…
The next-generation VCM-3 condition-monitoring platform (photo) is designed to increase the uptime and reduce overall lifecycle costs of pumps, fans, motors, gearboxes and many other types of machines, while increasing reliability. The field-proven VCM-3 is a 12-channel data-acquisition hub for…