25.04.2016
- Solvay plans to build additional capacity for hydroquinone (HQ) in China to go on stream in 2018. The investment is being made by its aroma performance global business unit which...
25.04.2016
- US nylon producer Invista is deepening its footprint in China with the start-up of a new 215,000 t/y plant for hexamethylene diamine (HMD) plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry...
14.04.2016
- Air Liquide has signed a new long-term contract to build a new air separation unit (ASU) for Maoming Petrochemical Co (MPCC), a subsidiary of China Petroleum and Chemical Corp....
04.04.2016
- In September of 2015, Siegfried completed all closing conditions for its acquisition of the custom synthesis business of BASF and parts of the German group’s active pharmaceutical...
12.02.2016
- A China State Council investigation team has identified 123 people responsible for the Tianjin warehouse explosions last August that killed at least 165 people, the country’s...
22.01.2016
- Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant has won a contract from China’s Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery to develop a propane and butane dehydrogenation unit in...
04.12.2015
- China’s role within the global chemical industry has so far mostly been seen as an export market for global producers, not only for specialty chemicals but also for many basic...
20.11.2015
- Oil and petrochemicals producer BP is looking to sell its petrochemicals complex in Decatur, Alabama, USA, as part of the company’s broader reorganization. BP, which inherited the...
