04.07.2014
- Esso Belgium, a division of ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical, plans to install a new delayed coker unit at its Antwerp refinery to convert heavy, higher sulfur residual oils into...
04.07.2014
- Japan's Mitsubishi Rayon (MRC) and Saudi petrochemical giant Sabic have announced a start-up date of mid-2017 for their MMA and PMMA plants at Al Jubail / Saudi Arabia. Initial...
02.07.2014
- German chemical producer Lanxess has started up its new world-scale polyamide plant at Antwerp, Belgium. The 90,000 t/y facility was built at a cost of €75 million and will supply...
02.07.2014
- In a deal that will help expand its business in Mexico and Central America, US paints and coatings specialist PPG Industries has agreed to buy Mexican paints manufacturer Consorcio...
01.07.2014
- Global overcapacity and slack demand are leading Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) to consolidate its polycarbonate (PC) sheet business. In the latest move, the company has announced...
- The EuroBioRef project (European Multilevel Integrated Biorefinery Design for Sustainable Biomass Processing) was a four year project coordinated by CNRS, France. Launched on March...
30.06.2014
- German chemical producer Evonik has expanded capacity for its Vestamid PA 12 at Marl by 5,000 t/y and at the same time begun preparations for increasing output of its PA powder...
30.06.2014
- Chemical producers around the globe plan to invest as much as $72 billion in new US production facilities to take advantage of cheap shale gas-derived feedstock, says a report by...
26.06.2014
- On January 1, 2014 Umicore Precious Metals Chemistry USA opened and began production at the new state-of-the art production plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Product supply began in Tulsa...
26.06.2014
- American Chemistry Council (ACC) Chief Economist Dr. Kevin Swift and ACC Senior Director Martha Moore presented the results of the "Mid-Year 2014 Chemical Industry Situation &...
