The board of directors of Myriant Corp. (Quincy, Mass.; www.myriant.com) an affiliate of PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (PTTGC), announced that Cenan Ozmeral will retire as Myriant's president and chief executive officer. Dr. Ozmeral will continue to serve as…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has begun its first production of diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) at its wholly-owned site in Chongqing, China. Production will be ramped up gradually in line with market demand. MDI is an important component for polyurethanes –…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Hawkins, Inc., for the distribution of BASF’s Water Solutions portfolio throughout the Midwestern U.S. Product lines included in the agreement are BASF’s Zetag, Magnafloc LT, Burst, Magnasol and Antiprex…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) announced that it has named John L. Chrosniak, to the role of President, DuPont Sustainable Solutions effective Sept. 1, succeeding James R. (Jim) Weigand, who has been appointed chairman & CEO of the DuPont Teijin Films…
TerraVerdae BioWorks Inc. (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; www.terraverdae.com), an industrial biotechnology company developing advanced bioplastics and environmentally sustainable biomaterials, announced that it has successfully achieved key milestones for the economic, commercial production for its line of biomaterials based on polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA).…
NAES Corp. (Issaquah, Wash.; www.naes.com), a provider of maintenance and construction, engineering, and O&M services, has acquired Olsson Industrial Electric, a recognized electrical construction, engineering, and controls contractor that provides services to the power generation, renewable energy, mining, pharmaceuticals, and…
Aqua Metals, Inc. (Oakland, Calif.; www.aquametals.com), a developer of a electrochemical lead recycling technology, announced it has broken ground for construction on its new AquaRefinery commercial battery-recycling facility in McCarran, Nev. In June 2015, Aqua Metals purchased 11.7 acres at…
Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube; Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) recently commemorated the launch of Lotte Ube Synthetic Rubber Sdn. Bhd., a joint venture (JV) for the manufacturing of butadiene rubber (BR) based in the Tanjung Langsat industrial park in Johor, Malaysia. The…
A.W. Chesterton Co. (Woburn, Mass.; www.chesterton.com) announced the acquisition of Ceramic Polymer GmbH (Roedinghausen, Germany). The company manufactures industrial coatings that are specialized in protecting metal and concrete materials in large industrial structures, such as storage tanks, offshore and onshore structures, pipelines, and…
The Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) and Daelim Industrial (Seoul, South Korea) have signed a technology license agreement granting Lubrizol the right to use Daelim technology for the manufacture of polyisobutylenes (PIBs). Daelim is a leading provider of high-quality petrochemical…