Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) is expanding its Chinese polymer activities by investing around $100 million in building two new production plants at its Nanjing site. The Nanjing site is expanding by adding a reactor for vinyl-acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersions…
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) has concluded agreements to transfer its polymer flocculant sales business to MT AquaPolymer, Inc. (MTAP; Tokyo) and Hymo Corp. (Tokyo.). Once the transfer is complete, the two companies will outsource the manufacture of polymer flocculants…
Koch Separation Solutions (KSS; Wilmington, Mass.) announced that it has been selected by Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (ADM; Chicago) to become a preferred vendor of water, wastewater, and in-process separations applications based on premium services and reliable products. This mutually beneficial relationship…
A team of Pacific Northwest public and private organizations have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the development of what would be one of the largest renewable hydrogen production facilities in North America. The partners in the hydrogen production…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) will almost double the production capacity for its synthetic ester base stocks at its site in Jinshan, China. The investment comes in response to the rising demand for high-performance lubricants in Asia Pacific and further strengthens…
Saft (Levallois-Perret, France) inaugurated its new electrolyte workshop in Poitiers, France. Ghislain Lescuyer, CEO of Saft, and Lenny Cypel, General Manager Saft Poitiers, were joined by the following guests of honor: Chantal Castelnot, Chef de cabinet at the Préfecture de…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.), a global chemical and specialty materials company, today announced it completed the sale of its 45% equity investment in the Polyplastics joint venture to Daicel Corporation for $1.575 billion, as originally announced on July 20. Through…
Tatneft (Almetyevsk, Republic of Tartarstan, Russia) has announced that its project for the construction of an n-butane processing unit and associated off-site facilities (UPMA) at the Minnibayevo gas processing plant has gone through the state examination procedure and obtained a…
Global professional services organization Lloyd’s Register Group (LR; London) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Energy business unit to Inspirit Capital, a London-based investment firm focused on building long-term value. The agreement follows a…
Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany) and Vertex Bioenergy, leader in the production of bioethanol in Spain and France, have renewed and intensified their partnership. As part of this agreement, Messer will build and operate a 2nd CO₂ recovery unit…