Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has agreed to acquire Bunge Loders Croklaan's refinery plant located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands for a purchase price of 258 million euros. The refinery plant is located next to Neste’s existing biorefinery and it consists of…
Following a strategic carve-out from the Lloyd’s Register (LR) Group, LR’s Energy business is now Vysus Group. Vysus Group is a leading engineering and technical consultancy offering specialist asset performance, risk management and project management expertise across complex industrial assets,…
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo) has established Chengdu Kemeite Showa Electronic Materials Co., Ltd. in Chengdu, China, jointly with Chengdu Kemeite Special Gas Co., Ltd. of China, aiming to strengthen SDK’s business to produce and sell high-purity gases for electronics.…
Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Company LLC (DRPIC) has selected Univation Technologies’ (Houston) UNIPOL PE Process for a 480,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) polyethylene (PE) line to be built at the strategically located DRPIC Petrochemical Complex at Duqm on…
Sulzer Chemtech (Winterthur, Switzerland) has supported B&F PLA in the development of China’s first fully-integrated sugar-to-PLA (polylactic acid) plant located in Bengbu, Anhui Province. The facility utilizes Sulzer’s distillation, crystallization and polymerization technologies to produce 30,000 metric tons per year…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) is to begin construction on a new production line for silane-terminated polymers at its site in Nünchritz, Germany, this year. Such hybrid polymers are used as binders for formulating high-quality adhesives and sealants, liquid waterproofing…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) is making significant investments in both capital and resources to strengthen strategic capabilities of its Liveo brand healthcare silicone solutions. Underscoring its long-term commitment to the healthcare industry – and confidence in its growth potential – DuPont is…
Lummus Technology, LLC (Houston) announced that it will supply 14 cracking furnaces for a Gas Chemical Complex that is part of the Ethane-rich Gas Processing Complex (GCC EGPC) located near Ust-Luga, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, on the Gulf of Finland. The…
Angola’s national oil company, Sonangol Group, announced that Gemcorp, a trade and investment group in emerging markets, in alignment with the national oil company, took the final investment decision for the construction of the Cabinda Refinery project. The refinery, which…
To meet growing demand for chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) pipe and fittings in India, Lubrizol Advanced Materials (Wickliffe, Ohio) and Grasim Industries Ltd., a flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, have entered into a definitive agreement to manufacture and…