Specialty chemical market volumes in the U.S. fell by 0.1% in August, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). The retreat follows a 1.3% gain in July and a…
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS; Yokohama, Japan; www.mhps.com) has received an order for two sets of its natural gas-fired H-25 gas turbine and generator to be installed at a fertilizer production plant, which Turkmenhimiya, a state-owned chemical company…
PPG Industries, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) announced the completion of a $3.8 million expansion at its coatings manufacturing facility in Laguna de Duero, Valladolid, Spain. The investment provides new mixing and blending equipment at the facility that will support an…
Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube; Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) announced that it has decided to expand its production capacity for lithium-ion battery separators by rebuilding existing facilities at its Ube Chemical Factory (Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan) while also establishing new production…
On 15 September 2015, the Hungarian subsidiary of Messer Group (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.com) signed a purchase contract with Air Liquide Eastern Europe S.A. to buy 100% of the shares in Air Liquide Hungary Ipari Gáztermelő Kft. Messer Hungarogáz…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has signed an agreement to acquire Yara International ASA’s (Yara) European CO2 business. The proposed transaction also includes Praxair’s acquisition of Yara’s remaining 34% stake in the Yara Praxair Holding AS industrial gas joint…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) announced the award of a contract by Yuhuang Chemical Inc. (YCI), a U.S.-based subsidiary of Shandong Yuhuang Chemical Company Co. (SYCC), for its first major project in the U.S., a world-scale methanol facility on…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) inaugurated a new sodium bicarbonate plant based in Thailand to meet growing demand for high-quality products, in healthcare, food and other consumer goods markets throughout Asia. Located on Solvay's existing site in Map Ta Phut…
Eni S.p.A. (Rome; www.eni.it) and Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) have entered into a special license and R&D cooperation agreement for Eni Slurry Technology (EST) and started to work together to evaluate and tailor the technology to Total’s requirements. Eni Slurry…
BP plc (London; www.bp.com) and Ningxia Baota Chemical Fibre Co. (a majority owned subsidiary of Baota Petrochemical Group) have signed an agreement to license BP’s latest-generation purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology, the third such deal agreed by BP. Ningxia Baota…