BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will build a new specialty amines plant at its existing wholly owned site in Nanjing Chemical Industry Park in China. The new multi-product plant can manufacture 21,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) and further extends…
Sumitomo Corp. (Tokyo; www.sumitomocorp.co.jp) has agreed on a land lease agreement with the Port of Stockton, California on the U..S. West Coast via Sulphuric Acid Trading Company, Inc. of Tampa, Florida, a U.S. business company of Sumitomo Corporation’s wholly-owned subsidiary…
The Endress+Hauser Group (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) is further enhancing its quality measurement portfolio through the acquisition of IMKO Micromodultechnik GmbH, a manufacturer of innovative moisture measurement systems. IMKO’s headquarters will remain in Ettlingen, Germany; all the company’s employees have been…
The preliminary value for the July CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) increased compared to the previous month’s value, and June final numbers were downwardly revised from what were previously reported. The July values for all four of…
DowDuPont Materials Science (www.dow-dupont.com), the business division of DowDuPont (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) to be named Dow, announced the startup of its new integrated world-scale ethylene production facility and its new Elite enhanced polyethylene (PE) production facility, both in Freeport, Texas.…
Calgon Carbon Corp. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.calgoncarbon.com) and Kuraray Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kuraray.com) announced that their respective Boards of Directors have unanimously approved, and the parties have entered into, a definitive merger agreement under which Kuraray will acquire Calgon Carbon…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced the successful startup of a new 20,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) polypropylene (PP) compounding plant in Dalian, China. This is the company's third facility in China, strategically located to serve the region's growing…
AkzoNobel’s (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) Specialty Chemicals business is studying plans to build a world-class plant for its Bermocoll business, which supplies essential ingredients for the paint and buildings and construction industries. The study – expected to be completed by the…
Invista (Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com) and its partner have decided to deploy Invista’s most advanced adiponitrile (ADN) technology at the Butachimie joint venture in France. Owned by Invista and Solvay, Butachimie is the largest ADN facility in the world. Invista’s new…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced that a consortium between CB&I and Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy; www.saipem.com) has been awarded a contract by Duqm Refinery and Petrochemicals Industries Company L.L.C. (DRPIC) for EPC Package 3 for the Duqm…