25.07.2014
- Germany's Wacker Chemie has opened a new logistics facility at its production site in Amtala, near Kolkata, India. Operated by Wacker Metroark Chemicals. (WMC), a joint venture...
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...
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...
26.06.2014
- Umicore announced the construction of a production facility in Nowa Ruda, Poland, for emission control catalysts used in cars and trucks. The investment will allow Umicore to meet...
17.06.2014
- US industrial gases producer Air Products and Matheson Tri-Gas, a member of the Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC) group, have begun filling and shipping of the first two 11,000...
06.06.2014
- The Right Dynamics -With a gross domestic product (GDP) of $2.2 trillion in 2013, the World Bank ranks Brazil as the world's seventh largest economy and one of the two economic...
06.06.2014
- Azelis in Canada has appointed Frans J. des Tombe as managing director, effective June 2. He replaces Tony Craske, who is now based in Europe as International Business Director...
05.06.2014
- Monitoring Maintenance - Based on a benchmarking study with nine chemical parks and chemical-related industrial parks in Germany described in part 1 of this series, part 2...
15.05.2014
- Borealis, provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, recorded a net profit of €102 million in the first quarter of 2014...
13.05.2014
- Chemical distributors and logistics companies play a crucial role in the supply chain of chemical and pharmaceutical products. Formulating, distributing and delivering chemical...
