02.07.2014
- German chemical producer Lanxess has started up its new world-scale polyamide plant at Antwerp, Belgium. The 90,000 t/y facility was built at a cost of €75 million and will supply...
02.07.2014
- In a deal that will help expand its business in Mexico and Central America, US paints and coatings specialist PPG Industries has agreed to buy Mexican paints manufacturer Consorcio...
01.07.2014
- Global overcapacity and slack demand are leading Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) to consolidate its polycarbonate (PC) sheet business. In the latest move, the company has announced...
01.07.2014
- Disposal of wastewater from oil and gas drilling into a Colorado well has been ordered halted after seismic activity was detected in the area. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation...
01.07.2014
- BP has asked a US judge to direct what it called a "vast number" of businesses to repay hundreds of millions of dollars it says were wrongly awarded as compensation on claims...
01.07.2014
- BASF has decided to exercise the put option in its 2011 joint venture agreement with Ineos and sell its 50 % stake in Frankfurt, Germany-based styrenics producer Styrolution to the...
- The EuroBioRef project (European Multilevel Integrated Biorefinery Design for Sustainable Biomass Processing) was a four year project coordinated by CNRS, France. Launched on March...
30.06.2014
- German chemical producer Evonik has expanded capacity for its Vestamid PA 12 at Marl by 5,000 t/y and at the same time begun preparations for increasing output of its PA powder...
30.06.2014
- Univar, North America's largest chemical distributor, is pursuing a stock market launch, with Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs as the lead underwriters. The company based in the US...
30.06.2014
- Chemical producers around the globe plan to invest as much as $72 billion in new US production facilities to take advantage of cheap shale gas-derived feedstock, says a report by...
