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Saltigo to Invest €60 Million at Leverkusen

Lanxess is investing some €60 million in expanding custom synthesis facilities at multi-purpose production facilities in the Central Organics Pilot Plant (ZeTO) of fine chemicals subsidiary Saltigo in Leverkusen, Germany.

Eli Lilly Expands R&D at Indianapolis

Evonik Expands China PEEK Capacity

Alpek Boosts Capacity for EPS, Polyester Fiber

Evonik Starts Expanded Silica Plant in Japan

Shin-Etsu Chemical Invests in Silicone

Wacker Starts US Plant for VAE

BASF Expands Biological Solutions for Agriculture

Evonik Plans DL-Methionine Plant in Singapore

Indorama Swells Louisiana Cracker Boom

AkzoNobel Doubles Coatings Capacity in Vietnam

Shell Starts New Singapore Plants

Solvay Inaugurates Thai Sodium Bicarbonate Unit

AstraZeneca Acquires US Biologics Plant from Amgen

Formosa Mulls Mammoth Louisiana Petchems Project

AkzoNobel to Build UK Coating Resins Pilot Plant

Evonik Starts C4 Plants with New Technology

Sika Adds Production in Russia

BASF Starts Initial Production of MDI in China

Messer Opens Specialty Gases Plant in China

BASF’s Starts First China Coatings Resins Plant

BASF Lifts Output of Chelating Agents

Emerald Kalama to Expand Benzoic Acid

BASF Petronas to Build HR-PIB Plant at Kuantan

BP Zhuhai Starts Phase 3 Chinese PTA plant

Atotech Inaugurates Equipment Plant in China

Evonik Expands C4 Output at Antwerp and Marl

Borealis Investing €160 million in Swedish Cracker

AkzoNobel Expands Texas R&D Facilities

Arkema Subsidiary Expanding Output of Molecular Sieve

Air Liquide Starts Hydrogen Site in Saudi Arabia

Germany’s Merck Lays Cornerstone for OLED Plant

BASF Inaugurates Brazilian Acrylics Complex

Solvay Starts Alkoxylation at Moerdijk and Singapore

Wacker Starts New Specialty Monomers Unit at Burghausen

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