BASF PETRONAS Chemicals (www.basf-petronas.com.my) has successfully concluded the startup of a new plant for the production of highly reactive polyisobutene (HR-PIB) with a total capacity of 50,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr), at its integrated site in Gebeng, Kuantan, Malaysia.…
On 1 February, Amy Hebert will join Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) as Deputy CEO and Executive Vice President (EVP), Chemicals. Ms. Hebert comes with broad experience having had top positions at global industry players such as Albemarle Corp,…
SunPower Corp. (www.sunpower.com), a majority-owned subsidiary of Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) announced that an 8-megawatt SunPower Oasis Power Plant was recently completed and is now operating at Total's La Mède petroleum refinery in Châteauneuf-les-Martigues, France. "Total Solar is proud…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) officially opened its new masterbatch production site in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. The site is owned by Clariant Masterbatches Saudi Arabia, a joint venture between Clariant and Rowad, a leading plastic products manufacturer in the Middle East…
Hexagon PPM (Huntsville, Ala.; www.hexagonppm.com) announces the acquisition of Industrial Business Solutions, Inc. (IBS), a Utah-based owner and developer of ContinuumEdge software, a one-of-a-kind enterprise platform to enable digital project execution. IBS’ core product, ContinuumEdge (CE), is a cloud software…
Royal Dutch Shell plc (The Hague, the Netherlands; www.shell.com) and ITM Power will build the world’s largest hydrogen electrolysis plant at Rheinland refinery, Germany. With a peak capacity of 10 megawatts, the hydrogen will be used for the processing and…
The preliminary value for the November CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) decreased compared to the previous month’s value, reversing an upward trend over the past four months. In addition, the final value for the October CEPCI was…
The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) reported that U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes gained 0.9 percent in December, ending the year on a strong note. All changes in the data are reported on a three-month moving average (3MMA)…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) completed a project to expand its industrial facility in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, and increased production capacity by around 15 percent.This investment in the expansion of the plant was made to strengthen the group's ability to serve industrial…
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) is investing more than €12 million to expand production capacity and upgrade its organic peroxides facility in Los Reyes, Mexico. Organic peroxides are essential ingredients in the manufacturing of a wide range of…