PPG Industries, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) has reached a definitive agreement to sell the assets of its flat glass manufacturing and glass coatings operations to Vitro S.A.B. de C.V., a leading producer of flat glass and specialty products. The transaction…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) and The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced that, at their respective special meetings of stockholders held today, stockholders of both companies have voted to approve all stockholder proposals necessary to complete the merger of…
Messer Group (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.com) has successfully commissioned a new production facility for air gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and argon in the southern Chinese city of Hengyang. Concurrently, the company has signed a contract to supply gaseous oxygen…
Veolia (Paris; www.veolia.com) announced the signing of an asset divestment contract under which Derichebourg will acquire the Veolia subsidiary Bartin Recycling. Derichebourg will fund this acquisition out of existing credit lines. The operation will be completed after obtaining approval from…
Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo; www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp) has decided to construct a new production facility for polyethersulfone (PES) at its Chiba Works in Ichihara City, Chiba, Japan. The new facility will have a production capacity of 3,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr)…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London; U.K.; www.amecfw.com) has been awarded an Engineering and Project Management Services Contract by PT Pertamina (Persero) and Saudi Aramco for the upgrade and expansion of the 348,000 barrels per day Cilacap Refinery in Central Java. Over…
PPG Industries, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) announced that Charles E. Bunch will retire Sept. 1 as executive chairman of the PPG board of directors after 37 years with the company. PPG President and Chief Executive Officer Michael H. McGarry will…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) successfully completed a joint pilot project to improve capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from fluegas at a coal-fired power plant at the National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC). The…
ExxonMobil (Houston, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) announced today plans to expand its specialty elastomers plant in Newport, Wales. The company said the project, expected to be completed in late 2017, will result in a 25-percent increase in its global capacity to manufacture…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) put its precipitated-silica production plant in Americana (São Paulo, Brazil) into operation on July 20, 2016. This high-growth silica is used mainly for high-quality low rolling resistance tires. In addition, by building this new…