The Lubrizol Corporation (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) has signed an agreement to purchase Warwick Chemicals (North Wales, U.K.), a global developer, producer and supplier of stain-removal technology with hygiene benefits. This acquisition will complement Lubrizol's existing home-care product line, strengthening its…
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.; www.gevo.com) has announced that Highlands EnviroFuels, LLC has signed a letter of intent to become a Gevo licensee to produce renewable isobutanol. Highlands will build a commercial-scale syrup mill in Highlands County, Fla., which would have…
Synalloy Corp. (Spartanburg, S.C.; www.synalloy.com) has announced that it has acquired Specialty Pipe & Tube, Inc., a distributor of seamless carbon pipe, with a focus on heavy-wall, large-diameter products. End markets for its products include oil-and-gas applications, as well as…
Pentair plc (Manchester, U.K.; www.pentair.com) announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase Steinhauer Elektromaschinen AG (www.steinhauer.de), a producer of enclosure machining and related technologies. The planned acquisition will further enhance Pentair’s brand of Hoffman equipment-protection solutions by expanding…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has signed a definitive agreement to sell its manufacturing facility for natural fish oils, medium-concentrated omega-3s, and customized bottled fish oil in Brattvåg, Norway, to Marine Ingredients, a leading manufacturer of quality marine-based ingredients and…
ICL Industrial Products (ICL IP; Tel Aviv, Israel), a segment of ICL (www.icl-group.com) says that it has successfully completed the chemical process start-up of a new manufacturing facility in Israel for the production of FR-122P, ICL IP’s new polymeric flame…
The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) expanded again in October by 0.6%, matching its gain from September, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Chemical output remained…
Verdezyne Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.; www.verdezyne.com) will build a commercial-scale renewable chemicals plant in a biotechnology industrial park in Nusajaya, Malaysia. Through an agreement with Malaysian Bio-XCell Sdn Bhd (Nusajaya, Malaysia; www.bio-xcell.my), construction will commence in 2015. The plant is designed…
Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) will perform Project Management, Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management services to construct Norilsk Nickel LNG Station in Harjavalta, Finland. Neste Jacobs will carry out the project during the…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki; www.kemira.com) has announced the completion of the company’s new Nanjing production base. The Nanjing plant is located in the Nanjing Chemical Park, Jiangsu Province. Kemira’s already completed and future investments into the plant will amount to approximately$…