10.01.2019
- Indorama Ventures (IVL), the Thailand-based PET giant, has started commercial operations at its new plant for purified isophthalic acid (PIA) plant in Decatur, Alabama, USA. The US...
09.01.2019
- American Vanguard (AVD) has acquired the Quizalofop (QPE) range of herbicides from Corteva Agriscience, the agriculture division of DowDuPont, for an undisclosed sum. Primary...
08.01.2019
- Thai polyester giant Indorama Ventures (IVL) and its two partners in the joint acquisition vehicle CC Polymers have received all regulatory clearance from the US Federal Trade...
07.01.2019
- Clariant and SABIC affiliate Saudi Kayan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to study the formation of an alkoxylates manufacturing joint venture. The companies will...
07.01.2019
- Lotte Chemical Titan, a subsidiary of the South Korean Lotte group based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has broken ground for its planned 1 million t/y steam cracker and derivatives...
03.01.2019
- German engineering plastics producer Covestro has broken ground on a new production facility for polycarbonate film at Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Thailand. The company said...
21.12.2018
- Following a licensing deal agreed in February 2018 between BP and SOCAR Turkey for purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology, the two companies have now signed a heads of...
19.12.2018
- In 2016, Chinese company Shaoxing Eastlake High-Tech commissioned a millireactor which was designed, manufactured and supplied by Ehrfeld Mikrotechnik. The continuously operated...
19.12.2018
- Plant-based raw materials suppler Roquette has completed the acquisition of an unquantified majority stake in Indian pharmaceutical excipients and food ingredients producer Crest...
19.12.2018
- US industrial gases producer Air Products plans to build, own and operate a new large-scale air separation unit (ASU) in the Twin Cities area (Minneapolis / St. Paul) of Minnesota...
