Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) inaugurated its significantly expanded Jurong Island oil-additives plant in Singapore after two years of engineering, planning and construction. The capacity of the plant has nearly doubled, making it the largest oil-additives production site within Evonik’s…
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced that it has closed on the acquisition of ExxonMobil Chemical Co.’s ownership share of Univation Technologies, LLC, previously a 50/50 joint venture with Dow. In October 2014, Dow and ExxonMobil announced jointly…
BASF (Ludswighfen, Germany; www.basf.com) inaugurated its new Ultramid (polyamide 6 and 6/6.6) polymerization plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shanghai, China. The new plant, with a capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr), will further strengthen BASF’s…
Airgas, Inc. (Radnor, Pa.; www.airgas.com) has opened a new, 20,000-ft2 specialty-gas facility in Tooele, Utah. The state-of-the-art facility will provide a critical link in the supply chain for high-purity and precision-blended specialty gases used in research and commercial laboratories, environmental…
The industrial and technology group ThyssenKrupp is strengthening its plant technology capabilities in Russia by integrating OOO Uhde and OOO Polysius to become OOO ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (RUS). The step will come into effect as of May 13, 2015.…
Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) has announced the appointment of Anja Krusel as vice president, Group Controlling effective May 1, 2015. Anja Krusel succeeds executive board member Mark Tonkens, who assumed the position of chief financial officer (CFO) as of…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for an expansion program at Huntsman Corp.’s world-scale polyetheramine facility in Singapore. Company officials did not disclose the contract value. The Jurong…
U.S. production of major plastic resins totaled 6.7 billion pounds during March 2015, a 5.1% increase over the same month last year, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com).…
Cargill (Minneapolis, Minn.; www.cargill.com) has acquired Colorado-based OPX Biotechnologies’ proprietary fermentation-based processes and systems. These technologies are used to produce bio-based chemicals from sugars for use in non-food applications such as lubricants, detergents, plastics, agrichemicals and personal care products. Cargill…
BASF (Ludswighfen, Germany; www.basf.com) has announced Wayne T. Smith as the new chairman and chief executive officer of BASF Corp., headquartered in Florham Park, N.J., effective May 1, 2015. He succeeds Hans Engel, who as chief financial officer for BASF…