21.10.2016
- French engineering contractor Technip has been awarded a contract by Kazanorgsintez, Russia’s largest PE producer and one of the country’s biggest chemical companies, to provide...
21.10.2016
- US thermoplastics manufacturer Polymer Technology & Services (PTS) has signed a technical collaboration and licensing deal with India’s Formulated Polymers Limited (FPL) to supply...
21.10.2016
- Two subsidiaries of French industrial gases giant Air Liquide have broken ground on a $60 million plant for cosmetic and pharmaceutical specialty ingredients being built on a...
21.10.2016
- SGL Group, based in Wiesbaden, Germany, has agreed sell its graphite electrode (GE) business to Showa Denko (SDK) of Japan for €350 million, or at least €200 million after...
20.10.2016
- Three German trade associations from the chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering industries have issued a joint statement urging the European Commission to cooperate with...
20.10.2016
- The board of directors of Hungarian oil and gas group MOL has approved the company’s new long-term strategy in which it aims to become a leading chemical player in central and...
20.10.2016
- German pharmaceutical and chemicals producer Merck KGaA has expanded capacity at its biotech plant in Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain, by 50% at a cost of €15 million. The facility is...
20.10.2016
- Two days after the explosion that killed three people at BASF’s main production site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, neither a suspected cause had been officially determined nor the...
19.10.2016
- US engineering contractor CB&I has signed an agreement for a long-term alliance on syngas with Danish catalysis and process technology company Haldor Topsoe. Under the deal, CB&I...
19.10.2016
- Russian petrochemical giant Sibur has agreed to take a technology license for the production of maleic anhydride (MA) from Italian engineering contractor Conser for use in a plant...