BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will invest in a dispersions plant in Durban, South Africa. The new plant will produce acrylic dispersions mainly for the coatings and construction industry. The facility will benefit from local availability of raw materials and…
Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. (Bolingbrook, Ill.; www.elevance.com) and Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, The Netherlands; www.dsm.com) recently announced their intention to collaborate in evaluating Elevance’s unique monomers for the production of specialty bio-based thermoplastic materials for DSM’s engineering plastics portfolio. Elevance…
ZeaChem Inc. (Lakewood, Colo.; www.zeachem.com) a developer of biorefineries for the conversion of renewable biomass into sustainable fuels and chemicals, today announced it has signed a long-term binding term sheet with GreenWood Tree Farm Fund (GTFF) to supply hybrid poplar…
Composite leading indicators (CLIs) in March for industrial production continue to point to global recovery, according to the latest American Chemistry Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) Weekly Chemistry and Economic Trends report, which cites data from the Organization for…
Honeywell (Morris Township, J.J.; www.honeywell.com) has tripled production capacity for its low-global-warming-potential (GWP) product HFO-1234ze to meet the growing need for the material, which is used in multiple foam and aerosol applications. The production expansion was made at Honeywell’s small-scale…
The M&G Group (Tortona, Italy; www.gruppomg.com), a major producer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), has announced that it will build a next-generation-technology PET plant in the U.S., co-located and fully integrated with a new PTA (purified terephthalic acid) plant at the…
The technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) and Sapphire Energy, Inc. (San Diego, Calif.; http://www.sapphireenergy.com) have entered into a multi-year agreement to co-develop a low-cost system to deliver carbon dioxide (CO2) to commercial-scale, open-pond, algae-to-fuel cultivation systems. Linde, the…
Huber Engineered Materials (HEM; Atlanta, Ga.; www.hubermaterials.com) is renaming its Alumina Trihydrate (ATH) business unit Fire Retardant Additives. The new name more accurately reflects the variety of non-halogen fire retardant and smoke suppressant technologies, brands and products now offered for…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) announced a comprehensive titanium dioxide expansion plan that will add about 350,000 metric tons (m.t.) of global capacity and strengthen the company’s capability to meet the increasing demand from its customers. The expansion includes new production…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that the Fluor SKM Joint Venture (FAST JV) received new awards from BHP Billiton to execute the company's Iron Ore Expansion Program in Western Australia. The focus of new awards will be primarily…