ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) is strengthening its plant technology capabilities in France by merging the formerly separate entities Polysius and KH Mineral to become ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (France). The step comes into effect as of…
ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) will supply integrated process electrification, automation and optimization systems for Fibria’s new pulp mill in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Civil works on the ‘Horizonte 2’ project will begin at the end of 2015, with…
Ineos Technologies’ (Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com) Ineos Americas LLC has announced that it has acquired the aromatics business of Axiall Corp. (Atlanta, Ga.; www.axiall.com). $52.4 million was paid at closing and an additional $10.5 million may be payable after closing upon…
Kuraray Co. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kuraray.co.jp/en) announced its decision to expand production facilities for optical-use polyvinyl alcohol (poval) film, which serve as a base film for polarized film, an essential component of liquid crystal displays (LCDs), at its Saijo Plant (Saijo,…
Global specialty chemical maker Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) officially opened its new Group Biotechnology Research Center in Planegg, near Munich, today. In a ceremony attended by Ilse Aigner, the Bavarian Minister for Economic Affairs, Media, Energy and Technology, the key…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) has reached an agreement with PBF Energy, Inc. for the sale and purchase of its refinery in Torrance, Calif., a lubricants distribution center at Vernon, products terminals at Vernon and Atwood, and associated California pipelines…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has started the planning stage for the construction of an additional world-scale plant complex in Singapore. The facility, which will produce the amino acid DL-methionine for animal nutrition, will have an annual production…
Mitsubishi Polyester Film, Inc. (MPF; www.m-petfilm.com) has announced an investment of $100 million to increase its capacity for biaxially oriented polyester (BOPET) film at its plant in Greer, S.C. The investment will include a new film production line scheduled to…
Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. (Houston; www.kraton.com), a global producer of highly-engineered polymers, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the capital stock of privately held Arizona Chemical Holdings Corp. for a cash purchase price…
Effective October 1, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; www.mhi-global.com) has appointed senior vice president Yoshihiro Shiraiwa to serve as president of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries France S.A.S. (MHIF), a wholly owned subsidiary based in Paris, marking the start of a new…