Metabolix, Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.; www.metabolix.com) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with CJ CheilJedang Corp. (CJ; Seoul. Korea; www.cj.co.kr) for a strategic commercial manufacturing arrangement for specialty polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), including the company's newly launched amorphous polyhydroxyalkanoates (a-PHA).…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) announced today it provided services for The Lubrizol Corp.’s (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) recently commissioned chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) compounding plant in Dahej, India. The plant, which has capacity to produce 55,000 metric…
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a final rule that updates personal-protective-equipment requirements for general industry and others. The rule updates references in OSHA’s Eye and Face Protection Standards to recognize the ANSI/ISEA Z87.1-2010, Occupational and…
The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) edged higher by 0.2% in February, following a 0.5% gain in January, and a 0.4% gain in December, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the U.S. Department of Labor has issued a final rule to better protect workers who are exposed to respirable silica dust. The rule is aimed to curb lung cancer and other diseases…
The Specialty Chemicals Market Volume Index, a tool created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), progressed further during the first quarter of 2016, rising 0.1 percent on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis in February after a…
Ecolab Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.; www.ecolab.com), a global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services, has changed the name of Nalco — its water and process services business — to Nalco Water (nalco.ecolab.com). The new name more…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been awarded a contract for a project of Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited (CFCL), a major private sector fertilizer producer in India, to construct a large-scale fertilizer complex in Kota, Rajasthan, India.…
MEGlobal (Dubai, United Arab Emirates; www.meglobal.biz), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Equate Petrochemical Co. (www.equate.com), plans to construct a new world-scale monoethylene glycol (MEG) manufacturing facility at Dow’s (Midland, Mich; www.dow.com) Oyster Creek site in Freeport, Texas. The new Oyster…
Chiyoda Corp.’s (Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyoda-corp.com) subsidiary, Chiyoda Singapore (PTE) Limited, has been awarded an offshore engineering and procurement contract for Indonesia Copper Smelter (ICS) project by PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI), which is an affiliate of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (Phoenix, Ariz.).…