01.04.2016
- Chevron Phillips Chemicals has finalized plans to invest in an expansion of polyalphaolefins (PAO) capacity at its Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown, Texas, USA. Capacity will rise by...
29.03.2016
- Evonik has broken ground on a new plant to produce organically modified specialty silicones in China. The project is part of a global silicones expansion program that the German...
24.03.2016
- As other companies delay plans for ambitious US petrochemical plants run on shale gas-derived feedstock as oil prices move further downward, Ineos appears to be pressing ahead. The...
23.03.2016
- MEGlobal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kuwait’s Equate Petrochemical, has announced it will build a world-scale MEG plant at Dow Chemical’s Oyster Creek site in Freeport, Texas...
21.03.2016
- BASF Petronas Chemicals, the joint venture between Germany’s BASF and major Malaysian petrochemicals company Petronas, has broken ground on its highly reactive polyisobutene (HR...
21.03.2016
- Swiss specialty chemicals producer and distributor Omya has opened a new pharmaceutical and nutraceutical laboratory at its headquarters in Oftringen, gaining the capability to...
15.03.2016
- Swiss fine chemical company Dottikon is investing more than 100 million Swiss francs ($101 million) at its site in Aargau to add chemical process development and production...
23.02.2016
- Swedish specialty chemicals company Perstorp has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India’s Maharashtra Industrial Development Corp. (MIDC) as part of the country’s...
