Evonik Industries (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is building a new production plant for specialty copolyesters at its Witten site in Germany. As binders for paints, specialty copolyesters are used in coil coatings and, increasingly, in food can coatings. The company is…
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo, Japan; www.sdk.co.jp) has expanded its capacity to supply high-purity ammonia, which is widely used in production processes for electronic materials, by stepping up the production capacity of a plant owned by its manufacturing subsidiary in…
Clean Harbors (Norwell, Mass.; www.cleanharbors.com) and CDM Smith (Boston, Mass.; www.cdmsmith.com) are constructing a new thermal treatment plant at Clean Harbors’ existing facility in El Dorado, Arkansas—the first new commercial incinerator of its kind built in the United States in…
Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) has delivered licensed process technology, basic engineering, catalysts and services for the first greenfield methanol plant in the U.S. in many years. Located in Clear Lake, Texas, the plant is a 50/50 joint venture…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co. The project scope includes the license and engineering design of a grassroots propane and butane dehydrogenation unit to be built in…
Celanese Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.celanese.com) announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Push Group Co., Ltd., with respect to the formation of a new joint venture (JV) focused on the production of cellulose acetate-based specialty…
The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) today announced its new world-scale propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit located at the company’s Oyster Creek site in Freeport, Texas, has begun commercial operations. The start-up of this unit is the most recent milestone…
Sibur (Moscow; www.sibur.com), Russia's largest gas processing and petrochemicals company, and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec), a major global petrochemical corporation, announced the successful completion of Sinopec’s 10% minority investment in Sibur as a strategic investor. The successful completion…
The Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco; Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com) has made the following appointments, effective January 1, 2016: Mohammed Y. Al Qahtani, senior vice president (VP), Upstream; Ahmad A. Al Sa’adi, senior vice…
Albemarle Corp. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.albemarle.com) has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Mineral Flame Retardants and Specialty Chemicals businesses to Huber Engineered Materials, a division of J.M. Huber Corp., a leading global manufacturer of flame retardant additives. The…