Grillo has sold its IP and know-how regarding the production of MSA from methane to BASF. BASF will utilize the acquired IP and know-how within its own R&D activities on MSA. Grillo has developed a novel process and optimized it on R&D pilot plant scale over the last years. BASF, with its global research and … Read more
BASF SE plans to invest in a second production plant for tert-butylamine (tBA) at BASF Specialty Chemicals Co. Ltd (BSNJ) in Nanjing, China. With this expansion, BASF’s global annual production capacity of tBA will increase by more than 30%. The plant is planned to start up in 2022 and will adopt advanced BASF technology which … Read more
Huntsman Corporation announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Sasol to acquire the 50% interest that Huntsman does not own in the Sasol-Huntsman maleic anhydride joint venture. The joint venture owns a manufacturing facility in Moers, Germany with capacity to produce 100,000 metric tonnes of maleic anhydride. Huntsman will pay Sasol $92.5 million, … Read more
Clariant and SABIC have agreed to temporarily suspend the discussions on the intended business combination High Performance Materials (HPM), consisting of Clariant’s Additives and high value Masterbatches and parts of SABIC’s Specialties business. The JV talks with Saudi Basic Industries (SABIC) had been shelved due to differences over price, which comes as a further setback … Read more
Givaudan, the global leader in flavours and fragrances, announced that it is to acquire Drom to further extend its leadership in the global Fragrance market. While terms of the deal have not been disclosed, Drom’s business would have represented approximately EUR 110 million ($122.5 million) of incremental sales to Givaudan’s results in 2018 on a … Read more
Sekisui Chemical announced that Sekisui Youngbo, a consolidated subsidiary of the High Performance Plastics Company, commenced mass production and sales in May 2019. Sekisui Youngbo is a company that primarily manufactures polypropylene foams (“PP foams”) for automotive interiors; its establishment was approved by the Chinese government in April 2017. Used as an underlayment material for … Read more
Bunge Limited , a leader in agriculture, food and ingredients, announced an agreement with BP plc to form a 50:50 joint venture that will create a leading bioenergy company in Brazil. The joint venture, to be called BP Bunge Bioenergia, will operate on a stand-alone basis, with a total of 11 sites located across the … Read more
AkzoNobel has announced its intention to acquire French aerospace coatings manufacturer Mapaero. The intended acquisition will strengthen AkzoNobel’s global position in aerospace coatings, notably in the structural and cabin coating sub-segments, and contribute directly towards delivering the company’s 2020 guidance. Established in 1992 and specializing in sustainable water-based and advanced eco-friendly products, Mapaero operates a … Read more
DSM, a nutrition chemicals and materials multinational has announced it will extend the annual summer shut down period at its Jiangshan vitamin C site in China so further upgrades to the facility can be carried out. “DSM continues to invest in improving the performance of its vitamin C plant in Jiangshan, China, as part of … Read more
Toray Industries, Inc., one of the largest battery separator films manufacturer from Japan announced on 16 July the construction of a new production facility for battery separator films (BSF) for lithium-ion batteries in Nyergesújfalu, Hungary. The new manufacturing site will be affiliated with the Toray Industries Hungary area, which was established in April 2018. The … Read more
Nouryon has doubled production capacity for dicumyl peroxide (DCP) at its site in Ningbo, China after completing a major expansion project. The plant is the largest of its kind in the world and can now produce up to 38,000 tons per year of DCP, an organic peroxide used in the manufacture of polymers that need … Read more
Japan’s Nippon Shokubai has announced that its subsidiary PT.NIPPON SHOKUBAI INDONESIA (NSI) recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of its acrylic acid (AA) plant in Cilegon, Banten, Indonesia with a production capacity of 100,000 tonnes per year. Currently, the site can produce 140,000 tonnes per year of AA and will be increased to … Read more
BASF has increased its global production capacity for the Higher Carboxylic Acids (HCA) Isononanoic Acid (INA) and 2-Ethylhexanoic Acid (2-EHA) from 55,000 metric tons to 68,000 metric tons per year. With world-scale and highly flexible production facilities at its Verbund sites in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Kuantan, Malaysia, BASF is among the leading producers of HCA … Read more
China’s Hengyi Petrochemical Co Ltd has started trial operations at its new refinery and petrochemical facilities in Brunei, as stated in the Reuters report. The new plant in Palau Muara Besar consists an 8 million tonne per year crude oil refinery (160,000 barrels per day), a 1 million tonne per year aromatics plant and a … Read more
INEOS Phenol has announced on Thursday it is to build a world scale, state of the art cumene unit in Marl Germany, to be completed in 2021. The new 750,000 tonne unit will use existing pipeline connections between INEOS’ phenol and acetone production site in Gladbeck, the Evonik Chemiepark in Marl and the BP refinery … Read more
Air Liquide has signed a long-term agreement with Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV), a 50/50 joint venture between ExxonMobil and SABIC, to supply oxygen and nitrogen from its industrial gas pipeline network to GCGV’s planned ethane cracker facility located near Corpus Christi, in Texas. To support the new agreement and additional volumes, Air Liquide plans … Read more
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC and Qatar Petroleum announced they have signed an agreement to jointly pursue development of a new petrochemical plant in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. The U.S. Gulf Coast II Petrochemical Project (USGC II) will include a 2 million tonne per annum ethylene cracker and two 1 million … Read more
BASF India Limited has entered into an agreement to divest its stilbene-based Optical Brightening Agents (OBA) business for paper and powder detergent applications to Archroma India Private Limited for about Rs 33.50 crore ($4.9 million). The transaction includes stilbene-based OBA product portfolio and the manufacturing unit at Ankleshwar, India. The stilbene-based OBA business is part … Read more
INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, has agreed with Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller, a recognized leader in dairy products, to collaborate on developing a circular solution for polystyrene based on chemical recycling. The joint project between INEOS Styrolution and Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller focuses on the use of polystyrene that is recycled via depolymerisation, a process … Read more
Oxea, a global chemical company has decided to build a new world-scale production plant for carboxylic acids in Oberhausen, Germany to meet rising demand. The new unit is the sixth of its kind in Oxea’s global production network. Once brought onstream by the end of 2021, it will double the current production capacity for isononanoic … Read more