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EPA to review plant-emissions formulas by end of 2014 under lawsuit settlement

Community groups in Texas and Louisiana and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have settled a lawsuit filed in May 2013 to compel EPA to review outdated and inaccurate formulas that are used to report the levels of toxic emissions…

Styron increases latex production capacity with new reactor in China

Styron Europe GmbH (Horgen, Switzerland; www.styron.com), a materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex and rubber, has announced plans to expand its latex capacity with a new reactor at its Zhangjiagang, China, production facility. This expansion will mainly support the…

CAB ends nine-month growth trend, ACC says

Seasonal factors from an unusual winter across the country have likely skewed statistical reporting from government agencies despite attempts to adjust for them. Nonetheless, the pace of economic expansion continues to moderate from the fourth quarter of 2013, according to…

Kemira expands production capacity in Brazil

Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland; www.kemira.com)  will invest in an expansion of facilities and a new reactor capable of production of multipurpose chemicals at its Telêmaco Borba plant in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.   "With…

Vitol to purchase Shell’s Australian downstream businesses for $2.6 billion

Royal Dutch Shell plc (The Hague, the Netherlands; www.shell.com) has announced that it has reached a binding agreement to sell its Australia downstream businesses (excluding Aviation) to The Vitol Group (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.vitol.com) for a total transaction value of…

NAES acquires industry advisor E3 consulting

NAES Corp. (Issaquah, Wash.; www.naes.com), a provider of industrial services, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire E3 Consulting, LLC, an independent technical and strategic business advisor to the energy industry. E3 is an advisor to the…

Toray and Abunayyan launch water-treatment JV in Saudi Arabia

Toray Industries Inc. (Tokyo, Japan; www.toray.com) and Abunayyan Holding (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) have launched a joint venture (JV) for water- and wastewater-treatment technologies. The JV will be called Toray Membrane Middle East LLC (TMME). The projected investment for the JV,…

Milacron acquires packaging technology provider Kortec

Milacron LLC (Cincinnati, Ohio; www.milacron.com), a provider of high-precision plastics processing technologies, has announced the acquisition of Kortec, a supplier of co-injection technology solutions to the packaging industry. This combination positions Milacron as a leading provider of fully integrated, turnkey…

Ineos and Sinopec form JV for new phenol acetone plant in China

Ineos Technologies (Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com) and Sinopec YPC have signed an agreement to form a 50/50 joint venture (JV) company to be based in Nanjing, China. The JV, which is to be called INEOS YPC Phenol (Nanjing) Company Ltd is set…

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KBR to provide Purifier technology for two Russian ammonia plants  

KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) says that Eurochem will use KBR’s Purifier technology licensed through Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.com), in the design of two new ammonia plants located at Kingisepp near St. Petersburg and Nevinnomyssk in southern Russia. “Eurochem selected KBR’s…