Petrochemicals
Tessenderlo to sell Europe PVC, chlor-alkali units to INEOS for €110mn
Tessenderlo will sell its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and chlor-alkali businesses to INEOS subsidiary Kerling for €110mn, the companies said on Tuesday.
JGC expanding electrolysis plant from Indonesia JV
JGC Plant Solutions and JGC Indonesia, both wholly-owned subsidiaries of JGC Group, have been awarded a lump-sum turnkey contract for expansion of the electrolysis facilities at a joint venture plant owned by P.T. Asahimas Chemical.
BASF raises compounding capacity for engineering plastics in Europe
BASF is increasing its compounding capacities for the engineering plastics Ultramid (polyamide) and Ultradur (PBT: polybutylene terephthalate) at its Schwarzheide site in eastern Germany by 10,000 metric tons/year, the company said on Tuesday.
Celanese boosts planned ethanol capacity in China, accelerates production timetable
Celanese will accelerate its original schedule and begin industrial ethanol production in China earlier and with more capacity than previously announced, the US-based specialty chemicals firm said on Tuesday.
Kentucky PVC pipe production facility shuttered
Westlake Chemical Corp.’s North American Pipe Corp. subsidiary has shut down its Springfield, Kentucky, PVC pipe production facility in an effort to reduce costs and optimize production operations as a result of excess capacity in the PVC pipe market.
Dow opens water technology R&D center in Spain
Dow Water & Process Solutions, a business unit of Dow Chemical, celebrated the grand opening of its Global Water Technology Development Center in a ceremony at the Dow facilities in Tarragona, Spain.
Toyo Engineering wins deal from Chandra Asri to build Indonesia's first butadiene plant
A Korean subsidiary of Japan’s Toyo Engineering Corp. has been awarded a contract to build a butadiene plant in Indonesia with a capacity of 100,000 tons/year.
Momentive begins expansion of specialty ceramics plant in Ohio
Momentive Performance Materials has begun expanding specialty ceramic powders production at its manufacturing facility in Strongsville, Ohio, the company said on Friday.
US labels styrene as likely human carcinogen; industry group vows to contest
A trade group representing the US styrene industry said it would vigorously contest a finding from federal health regulators that the chemical is “reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen”. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHH) issued the findings on Friday in its 12th Report on Carcinogens (RoC), in which styrene was listed as a likely cause of cancer in humans.
FMC picks design firm CH2M HILL for engineering on Wyoming soda ash expansion
Construction and design firm CH2M HILL said Thursday that it was selected by FMC Corp. to provide engineering and procurement services for FMC's soda ash expansion in Granger, Wyoming.
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- Japan's oil and gas independence climbs to highest since 2009 2/17
- Dangote signs $400-MM equipment deal with China's XCMG to speed up refinery expansion 2/17
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