Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.; www.trinseo.com) has completed the acquisition from Dow (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) of latex production facilities and related infrastructure at Rheinmunster, Germany. The transaction includes full ownership and operational control of both latex production facilities at Rheinmunster, as well…
Eurochem Group AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.eurochemgroup.com) announced the signing of an early works contract for a potential new urea and ammonia production facility, subject to further investment plan approval, at Kingisepp, northwest Russia, with Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.com).…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI; Tokyo; www.mitsuichem.com) is collaborating with Kaisei Inc. (Murakami, Japan) to commercialize bio-based polypropylene (bio-PP). Japan's Ministry of the Environment has adopted Mitsui Chemicals' bio-PP pilot project to build a system to recycle plastic and other resources…
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) and Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Houston; www.enterpriseproducts.com) announced that their respective affiliates have executed long-term contracts that support construction of Enterprise’s second propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant (PDH 2). PDH 2 will have the…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has been awarded a contract to supply on-site nitrogen to Samwha Capacitor's new multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) plant being built adjacent to its existing plant in Yongin, South Korea. An affiliate of Samwha Capacitor Group—Korea's leading…
Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain; www.repsol.com) signed a purchase agreement for a 40% stake in the Singapore-based lubricants manufacturer United Oil Company, which will manufacture and supply Repsol’s brand of products in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. The agreement will allow…
OCI N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.oci.nl) and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC; www.adnoc.com) announced the completion of their transaction to combine ADNOC’s fertilizer business into OCI’s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) nitrogen fertilizer platform, creating a world-leading joint…
Within the chemical process industries (CPI), the need to design safety systems to prevent process failures from occurring, or to control them when they do, is well recognized, as is the importance of having confidence in the safety systems that…
New self-service data analytics tools allow plants to create an analytics-enabled workforce that can readily address production issues and continuously improve processes The specialty chemicals sector of the chemical process industries (CPI) is highly complex, from both a production and…
The surge in data volumes within the chemical process industries has made it difficult for engineers to find the insights they need to improve processes. Advanced analytics applications enable engineers and others to harness the data for improved operations Every…