Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has started up on schedule its new plant complex in Antwerp, Belgium for production of fumed silica. With this, the specialty chemicals company can now serve the high demand for fumed silicas marketed under…
The Lenzing Group (Lenzing, Austria; www.lenzing.com) is substantially increasing its production of lyocell fibers to meet the strong demand for these products and further strengthening its position as an industry leader in specialty fibers. Over the next years, it plans…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.nouryon.com) has increased production capacity for dialkyl peroxide at the company’s Ningbo site, China, by 25 percent after completing a major expansion project. The product, branded as Perkadox 14, is essential in the manufacture of many…
Linde (Guildford, U.K.; www.linde.com) announced today it has signed a long-term agreement with ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. to support the latest multi-billion dollar expansion of the company's integrated manufacturing complex in Singapore. This will be the single largest sale…
Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com), a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals, and fertilizers; and the EREMA Group (Ansfelden, Austria; www.erema.com), the global market leader in the development and production of plastics recycling systems,…
Perstorp, a global leader in the specialty chemicals market, will investigate the potential production of recycled methanol, using carbon dioxide and residual streams, at its Swedish facility in Stenungsund. The Swedish Energy Agency (SEA) will partly finance this feasibility study.…
Christopher L. Jahn has been selected to become the next president and CEO of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) , effective late October 2019. Jahn currently serves as president and CEO of The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) and will succeed Cal…
The Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), was flat (0.0 percent change) in June on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis, following three monthly gains. On a year-over-year…
SNC-Lavalin’s (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) Spinionic solutions prominently feature SpinChem AB (Umeå, Sweden; www.spinchem.com) patented Rotating Bed Reactor (RBR) technology which, adapted and applied to the nuclear field, provides an innovative and cost-effective alternative to fixed column ion-exchange plants. The RBR…
The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) reported that reflecting mixed manufacturing activity, U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes were flat in May after falling 0.3 percent in April and 0.4 percent in March. All changes in the data are…