International technology and manufacturing company Invista (Wichita, Kansas; www.invista.com) recently resolved another intellectual property (IP) arbitration against a Chinese company for misuse of Invista’s confidential and proprietary purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology.“The resolution is encouraging because protecting our intellectual property…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium; www.umicore.com) officially opened its new production plant for emission control catalysts in Nowa Ruda, Poland (near Wrocław). The facility allows the company to meet the growing demand for automotive catalysts from its customers in Europe, a…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) is expanding its silicone elastomer production capacity in Jincheon, South Korea. The new facilities will include production plants for silicone sealants, specialty silicones and liquid silicone rubber. At the same time, existing production units…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (Northborough, Mass.; www.aerogel.com) announced today the expansion of their strategic partnership with the signing of an exclusive supply agreement and a joint development agreement. The agreements are designed to increase market…
Veolia (Paris, France; www.veolia.com) announced that it is moving its North American zone headquarters to Boston. With approximately 7,900 North American employees – including 280 in the Boston/Cambridge area and a total of more than 700 in Massachusetts, Veolia…
The Oilfield Technology Group (OTG) of specialty chemicals company Hexion Inc. (Columbus, Ohio; www.hexion.com/oilfield) announced the expansion of its resin-coated proppant manufacturing facility in Canada to provide a more efficient supply of proppants to fracturing service companies and operators in…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) received a contract to provide detailed engineering and procurement assistance services to TCI Sanmar Chemical S.A.E. for its PVC-2 polyvinyl chloride plant expansion project in Port Said, Egypt. When complete, the PVC-2 facility’s…
The Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), expanded 0.8 percent in June following a revised 0.9 percent increase in May and 0.7 percent increase in April. All data…
Wison Engineering Services Co. (Shanghai; www.wison-engineering.com), one of the largest private sector chemical engineering, procurement and construction management (EPC) service providers in China, is pleased to announce that the company has kicked off its first EPC project on site in…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) announces today the award of a three-year framework agreement by BP Iraq NV (BP) to complete conceptual studies and pre-front end engineering design (FEED) work to support BP plans to sustain and grown production…