Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo; www.toray.com) announced that it has made a decision to absorb Toray Battery Separator Film Co., a wholly owned consolidated subsidiary that manufactures and markets separators for lithium-ion secondary batteries (LIB) effective April 1, 2017. The merger…
PolyOne Corp. (Avon Lake, Ohio; www.polyone.com) announced that it expects to begin local production of specialty engineered materials at its existing facility in Pune, India in January 2017. The new capability enables PolyOne to more broadly support customers and increase…
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.; www.trinseo.com) announced its plans for a new S-SBR (Solution-Styrene Butadiene Rubber) pilot plant in Schkopau, Germany for the company’s Synthetic Rubber Business. The S-SBR pilot plant will allow for more efficient use of Trinseo’s production facilities and…
Sibur (Moscow; www.sibur.com) has signed an agreement with Conser, an Italian engineering company, to acquire a license for maleic anhydride (MAN) production technology for its Tobolsk facility. Maleic anhydride is used in the construction, agriculture, automotive, paint and varnish, furniture, pharmaceutical…
Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube; Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo; www.m-kagaku.co.jp) have agreed to a tie-up for the lithium-ion battery electrolyte business in China under a 50-50 joint venture (JV), in order to supply highly competitive electrolytes…
Axens (Rueill-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) has filed a voluntary takeover bid proposal with the AMF (French capital markets authority) to acquire the shares of Heurtey Petrochem. Axens is a wholly-owned subsidiary of IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN). It is partnering with the…
To satisfy growing demand for polycarbonates in Asia, Covestro AG Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) is doubling production capacities for the high-tech plastic from 200,000 to 400,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) at its site in Shanghai, China. Two new world-scale production…
Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube; Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) announced that it will invest in additional nylon manufacturing capacity at its subsidiary, UCE (UBE Corporation Europe S.A.U.) in Castellon, Spain, in order to meet growing global demand for high added-value nylon. The…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has started up its second air-separation plant and is extending its pipeline system in the Port of Antwerp, one of the largest petrochemical production complexes in the world. The new 1,300-ton-per-day plant increases Praxair’s oxygen…
Sturtevant Inc. (Haonver, Ma.; www.sturtevantinc.com) announced that it has acquired the assets of FCM Mill Systems LLC, a privately held powder processing systems company based in Lombard, Illinois. FCM Mill Systems specializes in manufacturing air classifier mills for the milling…