BASF New Business GmbH (BNB), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the German chemical group BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Japanese ceramics manufacturer NGK Insulators Ltd. (NGK) today announced the conclusion of a sales partnership agreement (SPA). The agreement gives BNB non-exclusive…
Total SA (Paris; www.total.com) has started up production from the Culzean gas condensate field, located on Block 22/25a, 230 kilometers off the coast of Aberdeen, U.K. With a plateau production of 100,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d), Culzean…
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (DuPont, Wilmington DE, www.dupot.com), announced on June 3, its debut as an independent company following the successful separation of its Agriculture Division through the spin-off of Corteva, Inc. (Corteva). The company was formerly known as DowDuPont…
More than half of consumers said they would pay more for sustainable products designed to be reused or recycled, according to results of a survey from Accenture (Dublin, Ireland; www.accenture.com). The survey of 6,000 consumers in 11 countries across North America,…
Babcock & Wilcox SPIG, Inc. (SPIG; Paruzzaro, Italy; www.babcock.com/spig) has been awarded a contract to provide cooling tower upgrade services for BASF Dow HPPO Production BVBA’s propylene oxide manufacturing facility in Antwerp, Belgium.SPIG will use its proven service engineering expertise…
Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com), a technology leader for bio-based chemicals, announced it has acquired certain assets of the REG Life Sciences division (REG LS) of Renewable Energy Group, Inc., the largest supplier of advanced biofuels in North America. Genomatica…
First Integrated Solutions Ltd. (Aberdeen, U.K.; firstintegrated.co.uk), a global provider of rental equipment solutions to the to the utilities, chemical, energy, engineering and transport sectors, announced the opening of their new facility based within the port of Dundee, U.K.First Integrated…
U.S. chemical industry output will continue to grow in 2019 despite a challenging global economy, according to the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americnchemistry.com) Mid-Year 2019 Chemical Industry Situation and Outlook. Growth in key domestic end-use markets and a…
Polyscope Polymers B.V. (Geleen, the Netherlands; www.polyscope.eu) has completed the business integration of the global styrene maleic anhydride (SMA) copolymers business from Cray Valley S.A., Cray Valley HSC Asia Ltd, Cray Valley (Guangzhou) Chemical Co. Ltd. and Total Petrochemicals &…
Every two years, Chemical Engineering honors an innovative technology that has been commercialized with the Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Achievement Award. This year, we have six finalists who will have the opportunity to present their technologies at the Chem Show in…