The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) of AIChE (the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; New York; www.aiche.org) announced that Shakeel Kadri, currently director, global process safety and risk management for Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) will…
Chemtura Corp. (Philadelphia, Pa.; www.chemtura.com) has announced that three of its major production sites are now increasing capacity for its Naugalube alkylated diphenyl amine (ADPA) liquid antioxidants to prevent predicted future shortages of antioxidants in the automotive petroleum additive industry…
Endress+Hauser (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) has invested €2.7 million in the new test rig for the calibration of high-precision tank-gaging instruments developed and produced at its site in Yamanashi, Japan. The plant is equipped with state-of-the-art laser technology, and can precisely…
Celanese Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.celanese.com) has announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Cool Polymers, Inc., based in North Kingstown, R.I. The acquisition will accelerate Celanese’s growth in the conductive polymers market by building on Cool Polymers’…
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) has entered into an agreement to acquire Camstar Systems, Inc., one of the proven market leaders in enterprise Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) software. The acquisition will build on Siemens’ industrial digitalization strategy by broadening its…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki; www.kemira.com) will make a multimillion-Euro investment in a production line expansion of process and functional chemicals at the San Giorgio site in Italy. The production commences in early 2015 and is expected reach full production capacity by the…
Kuraray Co. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kuraray.co.jp/en) has reached an agreement to sell the European polyvinyl butyral (PVB) film business formerly owned by subsidiaries of DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) to GVC S.A., a Luxembourg-based subsidiary company of GVC Holdings, Inc. (Montvale, N.J.;…
Citing recent data from the U.S. Federal Reserve (Washington, D.C.; www.federalreserve.gov), the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) said that overall industrial production, as well as production within the chemical industry rose in September. In the latest ACC…
Abengoa (Seville, Spain; www.abengoa.com) has announced the official grand opening of its second-generation cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton, Kan., located about 90 miles southwest of Dodge City. Abengoa’s new biorefinery finished construction in mid-August and began producing cellulosic ethanol…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Archroma (Reinach, Switzerland www.archroma.com) have agreed on the sale of BASF’s global textile chemicals business to Archroma, a supplier of specialty chemicals to the textile, paper and emulsions industries. Archroma is a portfolio company…