15.07.2015
- With the help of four low-pressure fans, Ineos has “raised the roof” on the new ethane tank it is installing at its mammoth petrochemical complex at Grangemouth, Scotland – a first...
14.07.2015
- BP Zhuhai Chemical has officially started up its Phase 3 PTA unit at Zhuhai, China. The new plant built at a cost of more than €600 million by the 85:15 joint venture of oil and...
13.07.2015
- Swiss chemicals distributor DKSH has acquired specialty chemicals distributor Andreas Jennow, a major supplier of raw materials to the Nordic and Baltic countries. The Swiss...
10.07.2015
- Clariant, the Swiss specialty chemicals producer, has signed an eight-year framework contract with Statoil to supply production chemicals and services for the Johan Sverdrup oil...
09.07.2015
- Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant has closed its acquisition of the remaining 50% shares of Companhia Brasileira de Bentonita (CBB) from Geosol, its 50:50 joint venture...
09.07.2015
- Bayer CropScience and Evonik have now officially quantified their plans for a co-investment at Evonik’s production site in Mobile, Alabama, USA. Together with Evonik, the US...
08.07.2015
- German chemical producer Evonik has increased production capacity for C4 products at its sites in Antwerp, Belgium, and Marl, Germany. The investment, said to be in the triple...
06.07.2015
- Vienna-based polyolefins and fertilizer giant Borealis has announced plans to invest €160 million to upgrade and revamp four cracker furnaces at Stenungsund, Sweden, to meet the...
03.07.2015
- Lonza has signed a new long-term product supply agreement with compatriot Alexion Pharmaceuticals. Under the terms of the contract, an expansion of an existing manufacturing...
02.07.2015
- Along with the official launch of the new Ineos-Solvay PVC joint venture Inovyn and BASF’s sale of its 25% stake in SolVin, another PVC jv, to Solvay, BASF has completed the sale...