W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com) has announced that it will provide its Unipol PP process technology and services to Braskem America’s newest planned facility in La Porte, Tex., which could begin operations in early 2019. Braskem is the…
INEOS Styrolution, (Frankfurt, Germany; www.ineos-styrolution.com) signed an acquisition agreement for the global K-Resin styrene-butadiene copolymers (SBC) business of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (Chevron Phillips Chemical) and Daelim Industrial Co. Ltd., the current joint venture owners. The parties have agreed…
Aspen Technology, Inc. (Bedford, Ma.; www.aspentech.com) has acquired Mtelligence Corp. (Mtell), a San Diego, California-based pioneer in the field of predictive and prescriptive maintenance for asset performance optimization. Mtell products enable companies to increase asset utilization and avoid unplanned downtime…
Exxon Mobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) announced that its Port Allen aviation lubricants plant has achieved full production for the entire line of Mobil Jet engine lubricants. The state-of-the-art aviation lubricants blending, packaging and distribution facility started shipping product worldwide…
PPG Industries, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) held a ceremony marking the completion of a project to increase precipitated silica production capacity at its Delfzijl, Netherlands, manufacturing location. The expansion, which came on line earlier this year, adds capacity of more…
Akzo Nobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has inaugurated two new specialty chemicals plants at its multi-site in Ningbo, China, that together represent a combined investment of €80 million. The company has also announced that a further €90 million is…
Honeywell (Morris Plains, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) and Flowserve Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.flowserve.com) announced they will collaborate to provide Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions to help industrial customers make their operations safer, more efficient and more reliable. The collaboration will be…
KBR Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced the successful completion of performance tests and official handover of the landmark Dyno Nobel ammonia plant in Waggaman, Louisiana. The project is the first to use an integrated KBR solution of KBR's Purifier ammonia technology…
Invista (Wichita, Kansas; www.invista.com) celebrated the grand opening of its nylon 6,6 facility, including a new 215,000-metric ton (m.t.) hexamethylene diamine (HMD) plant and a 150,000-m.t. polymer plant, at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP) in China. Officials from SCIP…
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan; www.shinetsu.co.jp) plans to proactively expand its silicones business, one of its main business segments, by establishing a new plant in Japan, and expanding its Technical Center in Japan that performs technical services for silicone rubber…