Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) announced that it will initiate the reconfiguration of its global acetic acid production network through multiple value-creation steps. Celanese recently announced the planned acquisition of the carbon monoxide production unit from Linde PLC, located at…
Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.; www.entegris.com) and Versum Materials, Inc. (Tempe, Ariz.; www.versummaterials.com) announced that they have agreed to combine in a merger of equals. The combined company will be a premier specialty materials company for the semiconductor and other high-tech…
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC; www.adnoc.ae) signed two new strategic equity partnerships with Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) and OMV (Vienna, Austria; www.omv.com) covering both ADNOC Refining and a new trading joint venture (JV), which will be jointly established…
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals; www.nouryon.com) will license its continuous initiator dosing (CiD) technology to Karpatnaftochim, Ukraine’s largest polyvinyl chloride (PVC) producer. Nouryon’s patented CiD technology allows PVC producers to increase reactor output by up to 40%, improve product quality,…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has acquired an 18.6% stake in the capital of the Canadian company Hydrogenics Corp. (Mississauga, Ontario; www.hydrogenics.com), a leader in electrolysis hydrogen production equipment and fuel cells. This strategic transaction, which represents an investment of…
The production of value-added products from renewable raw materials is Borregaard's strategy. GEA (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.gea.com) is supporting its customer with the supply of a turnkey plant for the spray drying of lignosulfonate in the double-digit million range. The solution…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) inaugurated a new, world-scale antioxidants manufacturing plant at its Caojing site in Shanghai, China. With an annual capacity of 42,000 tons, the plant will produce antioxidants and associated forms and blends for the plastic additives…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has entered into a contract with Wynnewood Refining Co., LLC (Wynnewood) for engineering and design services relating to KBR's Solid Acid Alkylation Technology (K-SAAT) for Wynnewood's refinery located in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. Under the terms of the…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) announced that the Methacrylates Business Line of Evonik Cyro LLC has commenced operation of an additional line for compounding its ACRYLITE polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) at its site in Osceola, Ark. The expansion nearly doubles the…