29.03.2019
- Belgian chemical producer Solvay plans to increase its European capacity for hydroquinone by 20%, with the new capability to be in place by the second quarter of this year. Solvay...
28.03.2019
- Australian engineering company WorleyParsons has been awarded a project management consultancy (PMC) contract by Borouge for a fourth expansion of the petrochemicals complex at...
27.03.2019
- German chemical distributor Harke Group has acquired Chemlink Specialities and Addi-Tec, both part of the Manchester, UK-based Chemlink Group. Through the acquisition, the family...
26.03.2019
- LabTwin is creating the next generation of digital lab tools, starting with the world’s first voice-powered lab assistant. With LabTwin’s assistant, scientists can collect data...
26.03.2019
- Invista’s technology and licensing arm, Invista Performance Technologies, has agreed to supply its PTA technology to Pan-Asia PET Resin (Guangzhou province, China) for a new plant...
25.03.2019
- US process engineering group McDermott International has been awarded a contract by Russia’s Irkutsk Oil to perform basic engineering and licensing for the company’s planned 650...
22.03.2019
- Frank Wegener was appointed CEO of ESIM Chemicals with effect from 1 March 2019. Wegener joined ESIM from WeylChem where he acted as President of the WeylChem Group of Companies...
22.03.2019
- A deal between Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht and LyondellBasell over a possible sale of Odebrecht’s 38.3% share in compatriot petrochemical producer Braskem to the Texas-managed...
21.03.2019
- Vienna, Austria-based polyolefins and fertilizer producer Borealis has tapped Italian engineering firm Maire Tecnimont as contractor for the new 750,000 t/y propane dehydrogenation...
20.03.2019
- Major chemical distributor Brenntag has agreed to form a 51:49 joint venture with Singapore-based Tee Hai Chem. Teehai provides raw materials and high-purity specialty chemicals to...
