BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is increasing its global production capacity for Neopor (expandable polystyrene containing graphite) by a total of 40,000 metric tons per year (m.t.yr). Adjustments in the plants at the two production sites in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and…
Wood has secured a new contract with SABIC UK Petrochemicals Limited (SABIC), to provide industrial services at the Olefins 6 plant in Wilton, Teesside, UK. The contract, effective immediately, is to provide rope access, scaffolding, insulation and coatings services to…
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced a series of phased, incremental investments to expand its global glycol ethers capacity to meet increasing demand in key end-markets and applications. Once complete, the Company will have nearly doubled its current…
Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.avantium.com) has started construction of a new demonstration plant that will help advance the production of bio-based mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) made directly from renewable sugars. As MEG is a component for making everyday consumer goods,…
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced its plan to invest in an alkoxylation facility on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Upon completion, this new facility will support global growth in Dow’s core end-markets related to infrastructure and home and…
Here is the official news from ACHEMA on Thursday, June 14. Highlights include the Chinese Business Forum, a Plenary Lecture from Covestro CEO Markus Steilemann and a look at Rockwell Automation's new automation platform. Read the ACHEMA DAILY here.
Honeywell (Morris Plains, N.J.; www.honeywell.com) has announced the appointment of John Gugel as president of Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com). With more than 25 years serving in numerous roles at Honeywell UOP, Gugel is an established leader in the…
Saudi Aramco Technologies Company (www.saudiaramco.com) and Siluria Technologies (San Francisco, Calif.; www.siluria.com) executed a multi-plant technology license for the integration of Siluria’s proprietary technology (natural gas to olefins) with Saudi Aramco’s high-olefins cracking process technology. Siluria’s natural gas-to-olefins technology,…
Phillips 66 (Houston; www.phillips66.com) announced that it is proceeding with an expansion of the company’s Sweeny Hub. This project includes the construction of two 150,000 barrel-per-day (bbl/d) natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionators in Old Ocean, Texas, additional NGL storage capacity,…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) announced that Venture Capital GmbH is to invest in LanzaTech (Chicago, Ill.; www.lanzatech.com). Using special microbes, LanzaTech has developed a technology for gas fermentation that first enables ethanol to be produced from residual gases containing…