08.11.2016
- Belgian phosphate producer EcoPhos has signed a joint venture agreement with Egypt’s Evergrow to build a dicalcium phosphate (DCP) plant as part of a 50:50 joint venture. The jv...
24.10.2016
- Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant has opened a new PP catalyst production facility in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, as part of a strategy to accelerate its growth in North...
05.10.2016
- Swiss agrochemicals producer Syngenta has completed capacity expansions at key production sites in Brazil and Switzerland. Altogether, the company has invested $240 million in the...
06.09.2016
- Styrenics producer Trinseo, formerly Styron and part of Dow Chemical, has approved plans to close its latex production plant in Livorno, Italy, by the end of 2016. Trinseo said it...
31.08.2016
- AkzoNobel has broken ground on a new powder coatings plant in Mumbai, India. Capacity details were not revealed for the facility scheduled to start up in late 2017. The plant...
04.07.2016
- Indian drugmaker Torrent Pharma has agreed to buy an API manufacturing plant from Hyderabad-based Glochem Industries in Vizag, India, for an undisclosed sum. The deal being treated...
26.04.2016
- Bostik, the specialty adhesives business of France’s Arkema, has expanded its production of cementitious powder in the Philippines. The plant in Misamis Oriental will supply...
04.01.2016
- Methanex has started producing methanol from its new Geismar 2 plant in the US state of Louisiana. First volumes are being produced roughly three months ahead of schedule, and the...
