Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has acquired Epic Polymers’ long-fiber thermoplastics (LFT*) technology to complement its offering of high performance lightweighting materials and gain access to metal replacement for larger automotive semi-structural parts. Privately-owned Epic Polymers GmbH, based in Kaiserslautern,…
Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany; www.merckgroup.com) has appointed Stefan Oschmannn as the new chairman of the executive board and chief executive officer (CEO). The appointment will take effect on April 29, 2016, at the end of the company’s annual general meeting.…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) signed a new longterm contract with Yan’an Energy and Chemical Co., a subsidiary of Yanchang Petroleum Group, one of the four largest Chinese companies for oil and natural gas exploration & production, and oil refining.…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec; Beijing, China; www.sinopec.com) have inaugurated their world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in Maoming Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, Maoming, China. The plant will be run by BASF MPCC Co.…
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Sabic; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) announced that it has named the Greater Houston area as its regional headquarters for all of its Americas-based business. Naming the Houston area as the regional hub was a natural next…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will expand its emollients and waxes production capacity with a new plant at its site in Jinshan, Shanghai, China. The investment, complementing the current production of wax esters, emulsifiers and primary surfactants in Jinshan, will…
Microdyn-Nadir (Wiesbaden, Germany; (www.microdyn-nadir.com) has signed an agreement with its U.S.-based partner, OVIVO Water, to start the construction of its second Bio-Cel production line in the U.S. Microdyn-Nadir decided to build its second Bio-Cel production line in the U.S.…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has it received a contract from Nippon Shokubai Europe N.V. for detailed engineering, procurement and construction management services for the expansion of the superabsorbent polymer plant and a new acrylic acid plant…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) announced the startup of its new air separation plant at the Liaoning Oxiranchem, Inc. (Oxiran) facility in Yangzhou Chemical Industrial Park, Jiangsu Province, China. Praxair is the exclusive industrial gas supplier in the growing chemical…
GE Power & Water (Schenectady, N.Y.; www.gepower.com) announced that it has agreed to acquire IMT Solutions, a private Netherlands-based manufacturer of ultrafiltration and microfiltration membranes for water treatment. With IMT’s ultrafiltration membrane technology, GE will be expanding and complementing its…