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…
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. (TTR; Hyogo, Japan; www.toyo-rubber.co.jp) has announced the divestiture of a significant portion of its chemicals-related assets. TTR will divest its Rigid Polyurethane Foam Business (including real estate, facilities, intellectual property rights and other assets owned…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced that Shandong Shougang Luqing Co. has selected LyondellBasell’s Hostalen Advanced Cascade Process (ACP) polyethylene process technology for a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit to be built in their petrochemical complex at Bohai Industry Park, Shouguang, Shandong…
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) announced a planned expansion of its copolyester site in Kuantan, Malaysia. The expansion is expected to be complete in the first quarter of 2018 and will increase PETG (polyethylene terephthalate glycol-modified ) capacity by…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany, www.evonik.com) is building a new production plant for specialty copolyesters at its Witten site in Germany. As binders for paints, specialty copolyesters are used in coil coatings and, increasingly, in food can coatings. The company…
Wood Group plc (Aberdeen, Scotland; www.woodgroup.com) has been awarded a five-year, multimillion dollar contract by Phillips 66 to provide supplemental maintenance services and support for small capital construction projects and turnarounds to the Sweeny Refinery, approximately 65 miles southwest of…
Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) is pleased to announce that the Boards of Total and A.P. Møller – Mærsk have both approved the acquisition of 100% of the equity of the E&P company Maersk Oil & Gas A/S (Maersk Oil;…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.the-linde-group.com) has been awarded with the engineering and supply of a modular hydrogen manufacturing unit for St1 Refinery in Gothenburg, Sweden. Linde’s Engineering Division (www.linde-engineering.com) will start the engineering and construction of the unit immediately,…