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Elasticity for an Effective Cybersecurity Response
While no company wants to envision becoming the victim of a cyberattack, investing time upfront to craft an incident-response plan can provide a quicker path to recovery Cyberattacks are becoming a way of life — in both our personal, and…
Making Cybersecurity Training a Priority
All critical infrastructure segments are at risk for cyberattacks, but the unique integration of the chemical manufacturing sector into the global supply chain makes it an especially ripe target Defined by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), critical infrastructure…
Sustaining Effective Process Safety Programs at CPI Facilities
The elements needed for excellence in a process safety program are known, but achieving top-level process safety performance requires sustained effort and focus Efforts to achieve excellent process-safety performance at chemical process industries (CPI) facilities are nothing new [1]. Experience…
DOMO Chemicals completes acquisition of Solvay’s European polyamides business
DOMO Chemicals (Ghent, Belgium; www.domochemicals.com) has completed its acquisition of Solvay’s Performance Polyamides Business in Europe. This Business includes Engineering Plastics operations in France and Poland; High Performance Fibers in France; Polymer and Intermediates operations in France, Spain and Poland.…
Clariant achieves 100% ‘green electricity’ consumption at Knapsack production site
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) will continue to power its BU Additives production facility in Knapsack, Germany, solely with 100% renewable electricity following the site’s successful pilot switch one year ago. This underlines Clariant’s continued efforts of shifting to the use…
AI Strategist to deliver keynote at Connected Plant Conference 2020
Chris Benson, principal artificial intelligence strategist for global aerospace, defense, and security giant Lockheed Martin, will give the opening keynote presentation at the Connected Plant Conference 2020, which will take place February 25 to 27, 2020, at the Westin Peachtree…
Celanese plans expansion of emulsion polymers in the Netherlands and China
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) has announced preliminary plans to expand its emulsion polymers derivatives business to extend the value of its global acetyl chain. These focused investments allow Celanese to implement integrated capital deployments to capture disproportionate growth in…
Nouryon to acquire carboxymethyl cellulose business from J.M. Huber
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.nouryon.com) is continuing its growth acceleration plans with an agreement to acquire the carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) business of J.M. Huber Corp. (Edison, N.J.; www.huber.com). The transaction will significantly broaden Nouryon’s portfolio of products in CMC, a…
Celanese to acquire Nouryon’s Elotex polymer powders business
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) and Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.nouryon.com) announced that they have signed an agreement for Celanese to acquire Nouryon’s redispersible polymer powders business offered under the Elotex brand (Elotex business). As part of the acquisition, Celanese…
Launch of a Pilot Plant to Manufacture European Batteries for Electric Vehicles
During French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the Saft Nersac plant near Angoulême, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com), through its affiliate Saft, and PSA with Opel, are announcing their plan to combine their know-how to develop…