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...
19.11.2015
- 1,4-Butanediol (BDO) is an important chemical intermediate product and raw material for plastics, solvents and synthetic fibers. The alcohol’s production capacities have been...
16.11.2015
- Germany’s Lanxess has agreed to form a 50:50 marketing and joint venture with China’s Chongqing Changshou Chemical to exclusively handle Chinese distribution of chloroprene rubber...
28.10.2015
- What should be the key criteria when searching for the best location for a chemical investment? One might do worse than to use the guiding principle of famous bank robber Willie...
16.10.2015
- Companies producing hazardous chemical in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, where deadly warehouse explosions killed more than 160 people in August, will be moved to an industrial...
13.10.2015
- BASF and Sinopec have inaugurated their world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in Maoming Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone at Maoming, China. The new 180,000 t/y facility – the...
