Westlake Chemical Corp. (Houston; www.westlake.com) announced that it has issued an exclusive, binding offer to acquire NAKAN, a global compounding solutions business, from Los Angeles-based private equity firm, OpenGate Capital. NAKAN, headquartered in Reims, France, has eight production facilities, located…
Johnson Matthey plc (London, U.K.; www.matthey.com) and Eastman Chemical Company (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) announce that their proprietary technology for the production of ethylene glycol from coal has been selected by Inner Mongolia Jiutai New Material (Jiutai) for its planned 1,000,000…
Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond, Va.; www.aftonchemical.com) announced the completion of the Phase II expansion of its Chemical Additive Manufacturing Facility in Jurong Island, Singapore. This milestone was marked by a special visit from Singapore’s Minister for Trade & Industry Mr.…
OMV AG (Vienna, Austria; www.omv.com) recently presented its ReOil used plastics recycling facility at the company’s Schwechat Refinery. The pilot plant uses a thermochemical process to produce synthetic crude from plastic waste. Manfred Leitner, OMV Executive Board member for Downstream:…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI; Tokyo; www.mitsuichem.com) has decided to set up a new production facility for long glass-fiber-reinforced polypropylene (LGFPP) at the Ohio plant of its U.S. subsidiary Advanced Composites, Inc. (President: Keiji Shite). The new plant is expected to…
Inovyn (London, U.K.; www.inovyn.com) announced its intention to increase production of general-purpose polyvinyl chloride (PVC) at its Jemeppe Site, Belgium. The new investment, which will deliver a further 200,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of capacity at the site, is…
Sibur’s (Moscow; www.sibur.com) Voronezh site will boost the output of thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) used in road construction, roof coating production and other industries by 50,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). The project has been approved by Russia’s General Board of…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) will raise production capacity of its Solef PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) high-performance polymers in Tavaux, France, by more than 35% to meet strong global demand growth mainly for applications in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, reinforcing…
Vynova Group (www.vynova-group.com) inaugurated its new, state-of-the-art potassium hydroxide (KOH) membrane electrolysis facility in Tessenderlo, Belgium. The plant is the result of a major conversion project which was concluded in April 2018, ahead of schedule. The project involved a €65-million…
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo; www.m-chemical.co.jp) announced its intent to transfer its acrylic sheet (PMMA sheet) business in Europe to Schweiter Technologies Group (STAG; Steinhausen, Switzerland). MCC will transfer the business, valued at 92 million British pounds (about 13.5 billion…