AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) is to invest more than €10 million in Sweden to expand capacity for its chelated micronutrients, which are used as essential ingredients in the agricultural market. The project, at Kvarntorp, will help meet growing…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has signed an agreement to sell its electrolytes manufacturing site in Suzhou, China, to Shenzhen Capchem Technology Co. one of the leading suppliers in the global electronic-chemicals and functional materials industry. The transaction is expected…
Shell Chemical LP (Shell; www.shell.com/chemicals) provided an update on the progress of the main construction of its fourth linear alpha olefins (AO) unit at its chemicals manufacturing site in Geismar, Louisiana, USA. The 425,000-metric-tons-per-year (m.t./yr) capacity increase will make Shell’s…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has completed the installation and startup of new high-performance equipment at its Seneca, South Carolina operation, which will more than double the precious metals milling and sampling production capacity there. The Seneca site serves as…
Nuberg Engineering Ltd. (New Delhi; www.nubergepc.com) has been chosen by Egyptian Petrochemicals Co. (EPC) as a single-point solution company — from concept to commissioning — for caustic soda-chlorine plant in Alexandria, Egypt. The project envisions setting up a turnkey project…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has recently received multiple, long-term supply awards from semiconductor and flat panel display manufacturers in China as the country’s electronics manufacturing industry continues to boom. Industrial gases supply contracts awarded to Air Products over…
Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn.; www.hexcel.com) announced that it has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire all of the shares of Structil SA, a French producer and supplier of high-performance composites to the aerospace, defense and industrial markets. The proposed transaction…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) announced that Susan Ellerbusch has been appointed chief executive officer of Air Liquide USA LLC, a U.S. subsidiary of Air Liquide, the global leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and health. Ellerbusch will…
Endress+Hauser (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) has expanded its production facilities in the United States. The Raman analyzer manufacturing plant in Ann Arbor, Michigan, was extended at a cost of $9 million. In Greenwood, Indiana, the company has built a new $8-million…
Tesoro Corp. (San Antonio, Tex.; www.tsocorp.com) and Tesoro Logistics LP announced that the companies will change their names to Andeavor and Andeavor Logistics LP, respectively, on Aug. 1, 2017. The companies also unveiled new logos and ticker symbols. "We are…