Covestro (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) intends to significantly expand its global film production to meet the growing demand in all regions. In particular, capacity expansions are planned at Map Ta Phut, Thailand, Guangzhou, China, South Deerfield, USA, and Dormagen, Germany. The…
Borealis Group AG (Vienne, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) has signed an agreement for the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Ecoplast Kunststoffrecycling GmbH, an Austrian plastics recycler. This transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. Based in Wildon, Austria, Ecoplast processes around…
Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland; www.woodplc.com) is pleased to announce the creation of the role of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) with the appointment of Darren Martin. As part of the broader strategy to differentiate Wood’s capabilities across energy and industrial markets,…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has renewed and expanded a longterm contract to supply hydrogen to Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas. Marathon Petroleum is the second largest transportation fuels refiner in the U.S. and operates…
Cortec (Houma, La.; www.uscortec.com), a leading manufacturer of high quality API chokes, valves and manifolds, and Louisiana Economic Development (LED) have announced a $2.5 million expansion of Cortec’s industrial coatings facility in Port Allen, La. Cortec and LED began working…
Abengoa S.A. (Seville, Spain; www.abengoa.com) will use a zero-liquid-discharge (ZLD) wastewater-treatment plant provded by GEA Group AG (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.gea.com for a power plant in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. The ZLD plant will convert a salt-laden wastewater stream into pure water…
In view of the surging demand, Oxea GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) plans to significantly expand its supply of carboxylic acids in the short to medium term. To this end, the company is already evaluating various strategic options for…
Venator Materials PLC (Wynyard, U.K.; www.venatorcorp.com) announced it has reached agreement with Tronox Ltd. (Stamford, Conn.; www.tronox.com) to purchase the European paper laminates business (the 8120 Grade) from Tronox. In connection with the acquisition, Tronox will supply the 8120 Grade…
Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.com) and CVC Capital Partners Fund VII concluded an agreement with Linde AG (Munich, Germany; www.the-linde-group.com) to acquire the majority of Linde’s gases business in North America and certain business activities in South America.…
SATORP (Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemicals Co.) has selected Axens (Rueill-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) to evaluate, develop, and implement an Advanced Process Control (APC) system for its aromatics complex ParamaX producing high purity paraxylene and benzene. The objective of the…