BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) completed the installation and start-up of a new acrylic dispersions production line in Dahej, India, serving the coatings, construction, adhesives and paper industries for the South Asian markets. BASF began production of polymer dispersions in Dahej,…
AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced a €20-million investment to increase and improve production at two of its sites in France. A total of €15 million will be spent on the company’s aerospace coatings facility in Pamiers, which was taken…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) will invest in building a large-scale fuel cell catalyst plant in Changshu in China to capture the fast emerging growth in fuel cell technology. The plant will enable the accelerated transformation to hydrogen-based clean mobility, serving…
Latrobe Magnesium Ltd. (LMG; Sydney, Australia) announced the commencement of a Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) for its 100,000-ton/yr magnesium plant using ferronickel slag from flyash waste as its feedstock. LMG has finalized discussions with a ferro-nickel producer for the supply of…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) broke ground on two new plants in Shanghai to meet the rising demand for polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) and elastomers. These new facilities, which represent a combined investment of a mid double-digit million euro amount, will be…
Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) has finalized the sale of its entire interest (27.88%) in Deten Química S.A (Deten), located in the industrial complex of Camaçari, in the state of Bahia, to Cepsa Quimica S.A. (Madrid, Spain), which already has an…
Perstorp AB (Malmö, Sweden) has announced the completion of a capacity expansion for2-Ethylhexanoic Acid (2-EHA), one of the group’s flagship products for which Perstorp has the largest production capacity in the world. Earlier this year, Perstorp’s plant Stenungsund, Sweden, further…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A., in cooperation with its sister company Nextchem S.p.A., has been awarded a Lump Sum Turn-Key EPC contract for a low-carbon ammonia Synloop facility to be built in the Gulf…
ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) is boosting the presence of its pharma division in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) with the acquisition of the Polish company APON. APON produces plastic packaging for the pharma industry at its site in Żyrardów near…
Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.) announced that it has completed its acquisition of CMC Materials, Inc. (Aurora, Ill.). “It is an exciting day at Entegris. With the closing of the acquisition of CMC Materials, we are creating the global leader in…