17.11.2015
- Huntsman Family Investments (HFI) has agreed to acquire American Pacific Corp.’s specialty chemicals business from global investment bank H.I.G. Capital, which acquired the company...
16.11.2015
- 17 days and not a day longer – this was the initial situation for the migration of a process control system of a large resin reactor. With the help of simulation, virtual test...
13.11.2015
- Swiss specialty chemicals company Clariant continues to expand its footprint in Asia with the purchase of a new site in Indonesia, on the Java Integrated Industrial & Port Estate...
12.11.2015
- DuPont Industrial Biosciences is paying $75 million to acquire the enzyme and technology assets of Dyadic, a financially struggling US biotech firm based at Jupiter, Florida. The...
11.11.2015
- As part of a reorganization to promote competitiveness of its Performance Chemicals division, BASF will combine its Water Solutions and Paper Chemicals units into a new global...
10.11.2015
- Ineos is emerging more and more as an indirect supplier and potential direct provider of shale gas-derived ethane to third parties rather than just a consumer. Hardly a day goes by...
09.11.2015
- When looking for a location to invest in a production facility, a research center or an office building, companies need to consider numerous factors. There is an increasing...
06.11.2015
- Lanxess is investing some €60 million in expanding custom synthesis facilities at multi-purpose production facilities in the Central Organics Pilot Plant (ZeTO) of fine chemicals...
05.11.2015
- Germany-based styrenics producer Styrolution, now wholly owned by Ineos, said it has reached agreement with Brazilian plastics giant Braskem to suspend all plans for a 70-30 joint...
04.11.2015
- Celanese will close its vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE) emulsions plant in Meredosia, Illinois, USA, by Dec. 15. The company explained that it “favors integrated production sites that...