thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) has received a new order from the state-owned Brunei Fertilizer Industries. The contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a new fertilizer production facility was signed on August 26, 2017 and…
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan; www.toray.com) announced that it has decided to construct a new PPS (polyphenylene sulfide) compound production facility at the Hungarian site of its U.S subsidiary Zoltek Companies, Inc., the world’s largest supplier of large-tow carbon fibers.…
Changzhou National Hi-Tech District (www.czxx.org.cn) announced the signing of a project investment agreement with Sumitomo Chemical Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp). With the agreement, Sumitomo Chemical and the company’s Korean unit, Dongwoo Fine-Chem, will co-invest in a $150-million electronics materials facility…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) announced the completion of an investment to expand production of its mobile emissions catalysts manufacturing site in Huntsville, Alabama. The Huntsville site expansion began 18 months ago and created ten additional jobs. The expansion also…
Asahi Kasei (China) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.co.jp), has decided to construct a new plant for the manufacture of plastic compounds (synthetic resins containing glass fiber, flame retardants and other additives to provide additional…
The Lubrizol Corp.'s (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) LifeSciences business is investing $10 million for a significant capacity expansion at its silicone contract manufacturing site in Franklin, Wisconsin. This investment strengthens the company's silicone business by adding 71,000 square feet of space…
Hach (Loveland, Colo.; www.hach.com) has opened a new state-of-the-art research and development facility, expanding the Loveland campus by more than 90,000 square feet. The new building houses an advanced R&D workspace for development teams and includes multiple testing and research…
EEW Energy from Waste GmbH (EEW; Helmstedt Germany; www.eew-energyfromwaste.com) and AkzoNobel’s (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) Specialty Chemicals business agreed to extend their partnership for the supply of sustainable steam from EEW to the Chemical Park Delfzijl through to the year…
The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) reported that the third quarter started on a good note, with growth in U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes expanding 0.4 percent in July, following an upwardly revised 0.6 percent gain in June.…
Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.; www.ingevity.com) today announced it has reached an agreement with Georgia-Pacific to acquire Georgia-Pacific’s pine chemicals business for a cash purchase price of $315 million. The acquisition is subject to certain regulatory approvals and other customary…