Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) completed a project to expand its industrial facility in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, and increased production capacity by around 15 percent.This investment in the expansion of the plant was made to strengthen the group's ability to serve industrial…
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) is investing more than €12 million to expand production capacity and upgrade its organic peroxides facility in Los Reyes, Mexico. Organic peroxides are essential ingredients in the manufacturing of a wide range of…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has expanded its longterm hydrogen supply agreement with Motiva Enterprises LLC. Under this new agreement, Praxair will increase the amount of hydrogen it supplies to Motiva’s approximately 600,000 barrel per day refinery in Port Arthur,…
Indorama Ventures Public Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand; www.indorama.net) Huvis Corp. (HC) of South Korea announced their intention to establish a 50:50 joint venture for the development, construction and operation of a Low Melting Fiber (LMF) plant in the US. The…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has inaugurated its new energy-efficient gas turbine at its soda ash plant in Rosignano, Italy, securing the plant’s current production capacity and long-term competitiveness on local and export markets. Rosignano’s site has improved its competitiveness…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) been awarded an engineering services contract from BHP for a new nickel sulfate facility located at the company’s Kwinana Nickel Refinery in Western Australia. The new facility is being designed to produce 100,000…
Invista Performance Technologies (IPT; Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com) and Jiaxing Petrochemical Co., a subsidiary of Tongkun Group Co., announced the successful startup of Jiaxing Petrochemical’s second purified terephthalic acid (PTA) line, utilizing Invista’s latest P8 technology. The first reaction train reached…
Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway; www.yara.com) has completed its acquisition of Tata Chemicals' urea business in India, marking a significant step forward for its growth ambitions in India. "I am pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of Tata…
Hexion Inc. (Columbus, Ohio; www.hexion.com) announced that it has sold its Additives Technology Group (ATG) business to MÜNZING CHEMIE GmbH, a privately owned specialty additive company headquartered in Abstatt, Germany. The Company received approximately $50 million in proceeds from the…
Sulzer Ltd. (Winterhur, Switzerland; www.sulzer.com) announces that it has completed the acquisition of JWC Environmental, LLC. JWC is a leading provider of highly engineered, mission-critical solids reduction and removal products such as grinders, screens and dissolved air flotation system for…