14.03.2019
- BP, Virent and Johnson Matthey have agreed to collaborate to further progress the commercialization of Virent’s Bioforming process for producing bio-paraxylene (PX), a key raw...
11.03.2019
- Nouryon has chosen a site in the US to build a new plant for producing expandable microspheres. Advanced engineering is underway on the project, which is scheduled to complete in...
07.03.2019
- US industrial gases producer Air Products has completed the acquisition of ACP Europe, continental Europe’s largest independent carbon dioxide (CO₂) supplier. Financial terms of...
07.03.2019
- Leading chemical distributor Brenntag has acquired New England Resins & Pigments (NERP) based in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA. The transaction’s financial terms were not disclosed...
06.03.2019
- Shell has joined a consortium that comprises Air Liquide, Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals), Enerkem and the Port of Rotterdam to construct Europe’s first waste-to...
04.03.2019
- Azelis has strengthened its presence in the Indian food & health market with the purchase of MK Ingredients & Specialties and its subsidiary SSD Industries. Financial terms were...
01.03.2019
- Ineos has selected its Hull, Saltend, UK, site as the location for its long planned 300,000 t/y vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) plant, which will cost £150 million and form part of a...
01.03.2019
- Nouryon – the former AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals – has licensed its carbon disulfide (CS2) manufacturing technology to an unnamed “leading viscose fibers manufacturer” in...
28.02.2019
- DSM and partner Roquette will dissolve their biosuccinic acid joint venture Reverdia with effect from Apr.1, 2019. All rights and obligations related to Reverdia’s Biosuccinium...
27.02.2019
- US chemical company W.R. Grace has started building a new colloidal silica plant at its flagship European site in Worms, Germany. The project is expected to be completed in the...