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Mann+Hummel acquires shares in Seccua Holding AG

Since the acquisition of Microdyn-Nadir in 2015, Mann+Hummel (Ludwigsburg, Germany; www.mann-hummel.com) has been active in the membrane industry with a focus on water, wastewater and process filtration. With the acquisition of a stake in Seccua Holding AG (www.seccua.com), the company…

MFG Chemical announces plan to upgrade plants in Georgia

Fresh off the completion of a multi- million upgrade of its Pasadena, Texas plant, MFG Chemical (Dalton, Ga.; www.mfgchemical.com), a global leader in specialty and custom chemical manufacturing, is announcing another  significant investment to upgrade safety and efficiency of production…

Archroma to acquire optical brightening agent (OBA) business from BASF India

Archroma (Reinach, Switzerland; www.archroma.com), a global leader in color and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions,  announced that Archroma India Private Limited and BASF India Limited (BIL) have signed an agreement for the acquisition by Archroma of BASF’s stilbene-based OBA (optical…

Oxea to build new carboxylic acids plant in Germany

  To meet rising demand, the global chemical company Oxea (Monheim am Rhein, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) has decided to build a new world-scale production plant for carboxylic acids in Oberhausen, Germany. The new unit is the sixth of its kind in…

Total starts up biorefinery in southeast France

Total (Paris, France; www.total.com) has started up production at the La Mède biorefinery in southeastern France, with the first batches of biofuel coming off the line. It is the final step in converting a former oil refinery into a new…

Cabot completes sale of specialty fluids business

  Cabot Corporation (Boston, Mass.; www.cabotcorp.com) announced that the company has successfully closed the previously announced transaction to divest its specialty fluids business to Sinomine (Hong Kong) Rare Metals Resources Co. Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sinomine Resource Group…

Celanese initiates shutdown of acetate manufacturing facility in Mexico

  Celanese Corporation (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com), a global chemical and specialty materials company, today announces a further consolidation of its global acetate manufacturing operations by initiating the shutdown of its manufacturing facility in Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico. The consolidation is designed…

Berry Global Group Acquires RPC Group to expand plastic packaging reach

Berry Global Group, Inc. (Evansville, Ind.; www.berryglobal.com), today announced the completion of its acquisition of RPC Group Plc (RPC) for a purchase price of approximately $6.5 billion, which includes approximately $4.3 billion of cash paid for the equity interest in…

KBR awarded phenol and acetone technology contract by Qingdao Haiwan Chemical

KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Qingdao Haiwan Chemical Co., Ltd. (Haiwan Chemical) to license KBR's leading phenol and acetone technology for a new phenol and acetone plant in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China. Under the…

Recently Published Books for the CPI: July 2019

The following list is a selection of recently published books with relevance for the chemical process industries (CPI), July 2019 Guidelines for Investigating Process Safety Incidents, 3rd ed. By the Center for Chemical Process Safety, Wiley/AIChE Publishing, 2019, 408 pages,…