Anellotech Inc. (Pearl River, N.Y.; www.anellotech.com), a sustainable technology company focused on producing cost-competitive renewable chemicals from non-food biomass, announced that the company has selected South Hampton Resources (SHR), a wholly owned subsidiary of Trecora Resources as the operating partner…
BP plc (London; www.bp.com) and Rosneft (Moscow, Russia; www.rosneft.com) announced that they have signed a binding agreement to dissolve the existing refining joint venture (JV) Ruhr Oel GmbH (ROG) as they move toward completion of the previously announced restructuring of…
3M (St. Paul, Minn.; www.3m.com) announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell to Innovative Chemical Products Group (ICP Group), a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity, the assets of 3M’s Pressurized Polyurethane Foam Adhesives business (formerly known…
Tesoro Corp. (San Antonio, Tex.; www.tsocorp.com) announced its plan to foster the development of biocrude made from renewable biomass, which can be co-processed in its existing refineries, along with traditional crude oil. Converting renewable biomass into biocrude is expected to…
Brenntag AG (Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany; www.brenntag.com) has signed an agreement to acquire Leis Polytechnik polymere Werkstoffe GmbH, based in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany. The company is specialized in the development, production and distribution of high-performance polymer compounds. Karsten Beckmann, Member…
Clariant (Muttez, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) performed the groundbreaking ceremony of a new manufacturing plant in Cuddalore, for moisture-control products, intended for the pharma industry. In December 2015, Clariant had announced plans to invest CHF 10 million in this Healthcare Packaging plant,…
M&G Chemicals (Ettelbruck , Luxembourg; www.mg-chemicals.com) plans to increase the capacity of its Corpus Christi, Tex. facility by over 100,000 metric tons (m.t.) of integrated polyethylene terephthalate (PET), reaching the total amount of at least 1,100,00 m.t. of PET. Purified…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) announces today the award of a contract to provide project development support and design engineering for an integrated 80,000 metric ton per year anhydrous ammonia production plant and electric power cogeneration facility, through…
Air Products’ (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) PRISM Membranes division in Saint Louis, Missouri, has received PED (Pressure Equipment Directive) certification for two new sizes of membrane separators for biogas upgrading applications. This certification, from DNV GL Business Assurance Italia…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) today announced that GE Aviation (www.ge.com/aviation) and Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc. (www.praxairsurfacetechnologies.com), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., have entered into a definitive agreement to form a joint venture (JV) for the development, support…