WeylChem is investing about €15 million to upgrade glyoxal production at its site in Lamotte, France. A new plant, which will increase capacity by approximately a third, is expected to start operating in early 2024.
Ineos has sold its Sulphur Chemicals business to International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG), the fine chemicals platform of the Luxembourg- and Germany-based industrial private equity investor. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
CHEManager Interview with Antti Koivisto and Michael Badine, WeylChem Advanced Intermediates
WeylChem’s Custom Manufacturing division has a strong record of accomplishments operating in markets such as Pharma, Agro and Pigments.
The WeylChem Group of Companies (WCGC) is planning to build a new production facility for aromatic ring chlorination at its site in Frankfurt, Germany’s Höchst chemical park. Start-up is expected in the first quarter of 2022.
WeylChem has appointed Johannes Kanellakopoulos as new Head of Marketing & Sales for its growing Custom Manufacturing business. He took over the role on Sept. 1 with the aim of fully exploiting the group's capabilities.
The WeylChem Group of companies consists of seven operating and two R&D sites in Europe and the USA as well as the global sales and marketing platform, WeylChem International.
The fate of the agrochemical innovation, development, product launch and production are strongly linked to the parallel development of the fine chemicals and custom manufacturing industry.
