INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany; www.ineos-styrolution.com) announced that it will commission an engineering study to build a world-scale styrene monomer (SM) plant in the U.S. Gulf Coast region. The new SM plant will use best-in-class technology and benefit from access to…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) announced that BASF Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. has closed the previously announced sale of a portion of its oleochemical surfactants business in Mexico to Stepan CDMX, S. de R.L. de C.V. The transaction includes the…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced that it was awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Egypt’s state energy firm Enppi for the offsites and utilities portion of the main plant complex and support services for the Waphco phosphoric…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) announced the sale of 100% of its Specialty Chemicals business to The Carlyle Group and GIC for an enterprise value of €10.1 billion. This transaction creates two focused and high performing businesses – Paints and…
Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn.; www.hexcel.com) celebrated the grand opening of its manufacturing facility at the MidParc Free Trade Zone in Casablanca, Morocco. The opening ceremony was attended by Mr Moulay Hafid Elalamy, Minister for Industry, Trade, Investment and Digital Economy;…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced that MEGlobal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EQUATE Petrochemical Co., awarded the company a contract for mechanical construction of its new monoethylene glycol (MEG) manufacturing facility in Freeport, Texas. Fluor will book the undisclosed contract…
Evonik Tianda (Liaoyang) Chemical Additive Co., Ltd. (ETL) has increased its production capacity for triacetonamine (TAA) derivatives in Liaoyang by 50%. With the expansion, the joint venture (JV) of Evonik China and the Chinese NEPC (Northeast No.1 Electric Power Construction…
SNF UK (Wakefield, U.K.; www.snf.co.uk) has completed the initial construction phase of the Billingham (Teesside) production site. The first production line, for cationic inverse emulsion, is now operational and is producing material to primarily support the water and wastewater treatment…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) recently began operations at its advanced stretching and polishing plant for aviation materials made of ACRYLITE. In Weiterstadt, 20 kilometers South of Frankfurt, the company is now producing polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) sheets 5.4 meters…
Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn.; www.hexcel.com) and Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) have signed a strategic alliance to develop thermoplastic composite solutions for the aerospace sector combining the expertise of Hexcel in carbon fiber and that of Arkema in PEKK. The partnership…