Sumitomo Corp. (Tokyo; www.sumitomo.co.jp) has signed a contract to acquire up to 20% of Cosan Biomassa S.A., based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a subsidiary of the world’s largest sugar company Cosan S.A. Industria e Comercio, and producer and distributor of…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.de) has now launched an additional production area and erected a new building to house research, development and scaleup operations for fixed-bed catalysts at its Marl, Germany site. The specialty-chemicals group has made a low…
Axens (Rueill-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) announced that Taiwan-Japan Oxo Chemical Industries Inc. (TJOCI) will use Axens’ technologies and catalysts for its isononyl alcohol (INA) production plant. On February 11th 2015, CPC, KH Neochem (KHNC) and Mega International Commercial Bank (MICB) signed…
Banner Engineering (Minneapolis, Minn.; www.bannerengineering.com) has announced the opening of a new production plant, located at the Millennium Industrial Park in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The new facility features 30,000 square feet of production space and 10,000 square feet of…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) is expanding its presence in Latin America by opening a new technical center for construction applications and a new subsidiary in Bogotá, Colombia. The technical facility serves as a development and testing laboratory…
Indorama Ventures Public Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand; www.indorama.net) and India’s Dhunseri Petrochem Ltd. (Dhunseri) have agreed to enter into an equal joint venture (JV) to manufacture and sell polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resins for Indian domestic markets and for exports. Dhunseri…
Axiall Corp. (Atlanta, Ga.; www.axiall.com) has signed an agreement to sell certain assets of its compound additives business, known as Solucor, and its manufacturing facility located in Bradford, Ontario, to Galata Chemicals (Southbury, Conn.; www.galatachemicals.com). The transaction is expected to…
The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) rose in January, by 0.5%, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). The gain in January follows 0.4% and 0.7% gains…
Team, Inc. (Houston; www.teaminc.com) and Furmanite Corp. (Houston; www.furmanite.com) announced that stockholders of each company overwhelmingly approved their respective merger proposals related to the proposed combination of Furmanite and Team.. More than 96% of the shares voting at the Furmanite…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) today held a groundbreaking ceremony at Covestro’s Baytown, Texas facility where Air Products will invest $350–400 million to build, own and operate a world-scale steam methane reformer (SMR). The SMR will produce hydrogen…