08.12.2016
- German gases and engineering group Linde has moved a step closer to a mega merger with US rival Praxair. As expected, the Dec. 7 meeting of the supervisory board dealt with Praxair...
18.11.2016
- BASF is in the process of expanding its North American MDI output to take advantage of the abundance of cheap shale gas-derived feedstock on the US Gulf Coast. The German chemical...
17.11.2016
- ExxonMobil is adding 650,000 t/y of high performance polyethylene capacity at its Beaumont, Texas, USA, site, where it already produces 1 m t/y. The oil and petrochemicals group...
14.11.2016
- French engineering contractor Technip has been awarded a contract by the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) to modernize the Azerikimya complex. The value of the...
26.10.2016
- Solvay is building a compounding unit in Mexico for its Technyl range of polyamide (PA) resins. The plant in San Luis Potosí will have an initial capacity of 10,000 t/y when it...
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...
06.10.2016
- German chemical producer Evonik and industrial gases and engineering group Linde have intensified their collaboration in gas separation as the specialty chemicals producer starts...
06.09.2016
- French renewables company IBN-One, a joint venture between Cristal Union and Global Bioenergies, has awarded a contract for initial engineering work on its proposed bio-isobutene...
