Perstorp Holding AB (Malmö, Sweden; www.perstorp.com) securing the future of its Caprolactone business through a significant investment to upgrade its original monomer Capa plant located in Warrington, U.K. The new equipment will be constructed using state of the art materials…
Daikin Industries, Ltd. (Osaka, Japan; www.daikin.com), recently agreed to acquire Heroflon S.p.A., an Italian manufacturer of fluoropolymer compounds. Daikin will obtain all company shares owned by the Heroflon Executive Officers with finalization of the acquisition planned for the end of…
Schneider Electric (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.schneider-electric.com) has signed a contract to provide comprehensive process automation systems, solutions and services to Dangote Oil Refinery Ltd., a subsidiary of African business conglomerate Dangote Group. Under the terms of the agreement, Schneider Electric will…
MilliporeSigma (Billerica, Mass.; www.emdmillipore.com) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Natrix Separations (www.natrixseparations.com), an Ontario, Canada-based provider of hydrogel membrane products for single-use chromatography. The transaction is expected to close in Q3 of 2017. Financial details were…
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan; www.shinetsu.co.jp) announced that its U.S.-based group company Shin-Etsu Silicones of America (SESA) will expand the production capacity of its plant in Akron, Ohio, which is engaged in the manufacturing and sales of silicones in the…
IHS Markit (Houston; www.ihs.com), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, is releasing periodic updates on the impact of Tropical Storm Harvey on the crude oil, refining and chemical sectors. A summary of the latest update (as of…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen; www.basf) and SAP SE (Walldorf, both Germany; www.sap.com) announced the start of a project at BASF’s Ludwigshafen site to evaluate digital collaboration among business partners in the domain of engineering and maintenance. SAP Asset Intelligence Network, a…
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington, D.C.; www.csb.gov) issued a Safety Alert (www.csb.gov/assets/1/7/CSB_Harvey2017_05.pdf) urging oil and chemical facilities to take special precautions when restarting in the wake of shutdowns due to Hurricane Harvey. The startup of…
Honeywell (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) today announced that Kuwait Paraxylene Production Co. (KPPC) will use two Honeywell Connected Plant services to improve the performance of its CCR Platforming and aromatics complex, which produces p-xylene for plastic fibers and films, at…
W. R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets from Evonik Industries AG on September 5, 2017, following the close of Evonik’s acquisition of J.M. Huber Corp.’s silicas business. The assets…