The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has opened its new electronics R&D center in Taichung, Taiwan on September 1st. The company has invested approximately 5 million euros to establish the center, which will support local customers and development partners with…
The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.; www.chemours.com) has completed the sale of its Clean and Disinfect business—part of its Chemical Solutions segment—to Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) for approximately $230 million in cash on August 31, 2016. "This announcement is another…
Westlake Chemical Corp. (Houston; www.westlake.com) has completed the previously announced acquisition of Axiall Corp. (Atlanta, Ga.; www.axiall.com) for $33.00 per share in an all-cash transaction, representing an enterprise value of approximately $3.8 billion, including debt and certain other Axiall liabilities.…
A $30-million expansion at Invista (Wichita, Kansas; www.invista.com) fiber manufacturing plant in South Carolina will enable the company to rapidly respond to small-lot, carpet fiber demands. The investment represents the industry’s first-ever offering of one-step, small-lot capability specifically for solution-dyed…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has acquired the patent rights for Bayqik quasi-isothermal sulfuric acid converter technology and other related technology from Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayer.com). Under the terms of the agreement, the technology transfer includes all…
Global Bioenergies (Evry, France; www.global-bioenergies.com) and Cristal Union have announced that their subsidiary, IBN-One has awarded the first engineering contracts for its bio-isobutene plant to Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) and IPSB. Following a consultation process by IBN-One in spring 2016,…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) says that Placid Refining Company LLC has successfully started up a grassroots dividing wall column (DWC) reformate splitter at their Port Allen, Louisiana, refinery. KBR's Distill-Max DWC technology was selected for this application during Placid Refining…
Akzo Nobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has broken ground on its new powder coatings plant in Mumbai, India. The investment of €9 million will allow the company to increase capacity in the region, which forms an important part of…
Sadara Chemical Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.sadara.com) started up its mixed-feed cracker (MFC) on August 28, 2016. The MFC is the only one of its kind in Saudi Arabia and will allow Sadara to produce a diversified range of plastics…
In a further step to expand its participation in the agricultural market in the Brazilian Midwest, Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway; www.yara.com) announced the signing of an agreement for the acquisition of the fertilizers blending unit of Adubos Sudoeste in…