KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that it has been awarded a contract by OJSC Togliattiazot (ToAZ) to provide licensing, basic engineering design, front-end engineering and design services to revamp ToAZ's existing seven ammonia plants in Togliatti, Samara region, Russia. Under…
ICL’s (Tel Aviv, Israel; www.icl-group.com) Performance Products segment (ICL PP) has agreed to sell its Germany-based Pharma, Cosmetics and Gypsum (PCG) business to an affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners (New York, N.Y.). The share and asset purchase transaction is…
Johnson Matthey (London; www.matthey.com) announced that is has acquired the StePac Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) business from DS Smith for £18.0 million, subject to typical post-closing adjustments. The transaction, which includes all assets of StePac, is an important step in…
Oxea (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) has decided to enlist the services of chemical distributor IMCD Group B.V. (Rotterdam, The Netherlands; www.imcdgroup.com) to distribute Oxea’s broad range of carboxylic acids in the U.K., Ireland, and the Nordic region. “For us at Oxea…
Following a contract won in Morocco worth more than 500 million euros, the technology and engineering group Sener (Madrid, Spain; www.sener-group.com) is beginning construction of thermosolar plants Noor II and Noor III. Together with Noor I, they comprise the…
The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) was flat in April, following upwardly revised flat growth in March and a 0.2% gain in February, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC;…
ITT Corp. (White Plains, N.Y.; www.itt.com) announced that it is expanding its manufacturing operations in Westminster, S.C., by investing approximately $1 million to build a new test facility. The investment is part of a total of $2.5 million that the…
Royal DSM (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com) and Zhejiang NHU Co., who specializes in the production of food additives, feed additives, polymers and materials, announce the formation of a new joint venture (JV) company for the market development and manufacturing of…
Perstorp Holding AB (Malmö, Sweden; www.perstorp.com) officially opened a major extension to its capacity to produce PVC plasticizers and key chemical intermediates. The new state-of-the-art oxo plant in Stenungsund, Sweden, began producing material soon after its start-up in January, and…
Celanese Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.celanese.com) announced the appointment of Pat Quarles as executive vice president and president, Acetyl Chain and Integrated Supply Chain, and Scott Sutton as executive vice president and president, Materials Solutions, effective June 1, 2015. Both executives…