28.01.2016
- US industrial gases giant Praxair has signed a 15-year contract to supply oxygen and nitrogen to Total in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium. Total is spending €1 billion to upgrade its...
27.01.2016
- A special meeting of shareholders of US gases producer Airgas to approve the company’s pending acquisition by Air Liquide of France has been scheduled for February 23. Opposition...
26.01.2016
- South Korea’s Songwon Industrial Group has announced the start-up of its joint venture additives plant in Abu Dhabi. The 7,000 t/y facility is located in the Khalifa Industrial...
30.12.2015
- Swiss specialty chemicals company Clariant has opened a storage and blending facility in Karratha, Western Australia, to support oil and gas production in the North West Shelf. The...
23.11.2015
- LyondellBasell has named Channelview, Texas, as the site of its planned US Gulf Coast production facility for 410,000 t/y of propylene oxide (PO) and 900,000 t/y of tertiary butyl...
19.11.2015
- 1,4-Butanediol (BDO) is an important chemical intermediate product and raw material for plastics, solvents and synthetic fibers. The alcohol’s production capacities have been...
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...
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...
28.10.2015
- Straubing is the Region of Renewable Raw Materials. Here, the Free State of Bavaria is clustering its activities and expertise regarding research, education, innovation...
28.10.2015
- The chemical and pharmaceuticals industry of the state of Hesse in Germany has been true to its traditions. The locations that witnessed the development of this sector have evolved...