Neolyse Ibbenbüren GmbH, a joint venture of AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) and Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) at the AkzoNobel site in Ibbenbüren (Germany), has successfully started operations. The plant, which features new membrane technology, has…
The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) announced today that The Chemours Co. president and CEO Mark Vergnano became the Council’s newest officer, effective January 1, 2018. As its newest officer, Vergnano will first assume the role of Vice Chairman…
Air Liquide Canada, a subsidiary of the Air Liquide Group (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com), officially inaugurated its brand-new carbon dioxide (CO2) recovery plant, strategically located in Johnstown, Ontario. This plant is the only one in Canada with a Health Canada drug establishment…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) and AspenTech (Bedford, Mass.; www.aspentech.com) announced that they have teamed up to deliver asset optimization software solutions along with global automation technologies and operational consulting services. Together, the two industry leaders will help customers optimize…
The Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC; Riyadh; www.sabic.com) has announced projects in Asia and the Netherlands designed to increase global capacity for two of its high-performance engineering thermoplastic materials, ULTEM and NORYL resins. To increase capacity for ULTEM resins, a…
Chevron Lummus Global LLC (CLG; www.chevronlummus.com), a joint venture between Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and CB&I announced it has been selected for a Master Plan Study by MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary; www.molgroup.info/en/). The study will assist MOL in its longterm strategy…
Neste Corp.'s (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com) Board of Directors has appointed Peter Vanacker President and CEO of Neste as of 1 November 2018. He will join Neste on 1 September 2018 as a Senior Executive and start familiarizing himself with Neste's…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) says it has been awarded both a license and engineering (LBED) and a proprietary equipment supply contract by Cangzhou Dahua New Materials Co., Ltd. (CDNM) to build a new polycarbonate plant in Cangzhou City, China. Under…
Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa; www.sasol.co.za) inaugurated the full completion of its FT Wax Expansion Project (FTWEP). Phase 2 began beneficial operation in March 2017, while phase 1 was commissioned in 2015. The total project investment was around R13.6 billion…
Songwon Industrial Ltd. (Ulsan, South Korea; www.songwon.com) has started to manufacture the product Songnox 5650, a high-molecular-weight, multifunctional phenolic antioxidant primarily used as a post-polymerization process stabilizer for unsaturated elastomers, at its Panoli plant in Gujarat, India. The Panoli site…