16.07.2019
- Ineos Phenol has confirmed its previously announced plans to build a world-scale cumene plant at its site in Marl, Germany. Based on Badger technology, the facility will have a...
04.07.2019
- Austria’s Lenzing Group said it plans to invest €1billion to increase production of its Tencel brand lyocell fibers to meet the strong demand. The first expansion phase...
12.06.2019
- Axalta, globally active US producer of liquid and powder coatings, is building a new state-of-the-art facility for its Dutch refinish business at Business Park Medel in Tiel, the...
06.06.2019
- Sterling Pharma Solutions, a UK-based contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has announced that its pilot plant expansion at Cramlington is now operational...
24.05.2019
- Eastern China is now being eyed as the most likely source of the higher levels of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) detected in the atmosphere, countering a multi-year...
10.05.2019
- Evonik is repositioning its Germany-based business with polyamide-based high-performance polymers to concentrate on attractive growth markets such as automotive, oil and gas, 3D...
30.04.2019
- As the end of April and international Labor Day May 1 approached, 240 striking union members at a Dow specialty chemicals production site in Deer Park, Texas remained locked out...
11.04.2019
- The chemical industry is one of the most international sectors with activity dominated by cross border transactions. Chinese and other Asian firms have been particularly busy...
10.04.2019
- Harris County, Texas, in the US Gulf Coast’s petrochemicals belt is reeling from the second chemical accident within two weeks. On Apr. 2, fire ravaged a plant owned by toll...
10.04.2019
- In reaction to increasing global demand, German chemical producer Evonik has begun a project to double production of its Trogamid CX-branded transparent polyamides at the Marl...