Petrochemicals
Solutia adds to high-tech film manufacturing in Asia
Solutia has acquired additional capacity for its high-tech conductive film manufacturing operation in the Asia-Pacific region, continuing the company's expansion in support of the region's fast-growing mobile electronics and smart window markets.
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HP Construction: South America
As of 2013, Braskem will reportedly have yet another alternative feedstock source. In addition to sugarcane ethanol, which is used to make green plastic, the company will begin using naphtha made from..
HP Construction: Middle East
Morgan Thermal Ceramics has a contract to supply Superwool 607 HT Pyro-Bloc Modules as part of a world-class refinery being constructed by the Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Co. (SATORP..
Univar acquires Brazil chemical distributor Arinos
Brazil-based distributor Univar has acquired Arinos Quimica, a leading distributor of specialty and commodity chemicals in Brazil. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Linde to raise nitrogen production at Ohio plant
Linde will upgrade its supply network in the US Midwest by significantly increasing production at its air separation plant in Delta, Ohio. Linde will add a 575 tpd nitrogen liquefier, which will capture spare molecules the plant is already producing, the company said.
Air Liquide to engineer, license coal-to-propylene project in China
The engineering and construction division of Air Liquide signed a contract with the Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group (SNCG) in China to build a 500,000 tpy methanol-to-propylene (MTP) plant, following the successful commissioning of the first industrial scale unit built with the same client.
- BASF supports European 1,4‑butanediol supply security through increased production in Ludwigshafen 2/16
- Vitol backs proposed $3-billion LNG power plant for South Africa's Durban port 2/16
- HAMR Energy receives additional funding for low-carbon liquid fuels projects 2/16
- NASCAR names POET official bioethanol partner: Becomes first major motorsports series to utilize zero-carbon bioethanol 2/16
- ExxonMobil starts third advanced plastics recycling unit at Baytown complex 2/16
- Geoinform, subsidiary of the MOL Group, signs strategic cooperation agreement with Baker Hughes 2/16
