Oxiteno starts up surfactants plant in Texas September 6, 2018 // 1 Comment Brazil’s Oxiteno has commenced operations at its new manufacturing plant in Pasadena, Texas. The new unit features [...]
Lanxess adds on lubricant additives line September 6, 2018 // 2 Comments Specialty chemicals company Lanxess has commissioned a new production line at its Mannheim site for the synthesis of [...]
LyondellBasell/Covestro kick-off circular steam project in the Netherlands September 5, 2018 // 1 Comment Chemical company LyondellBasell and its joint venture partner, polymer maker Covestro, have kicked-off a large investment [...]
Circular economy: Agilyx expands recycling to include POs September 5, 2018 // 1 Comment US environmental technology firm Agilyx says its circular plastic recycling capabilities have expanded to include feedstock [...]
Maire Tecnimont secures HPCL-Mittal petchem project; deal valued at US$225 mn September 5, 2018 // 2 Comments Italian engineering company Maire Tecnimont’s subsidiary Tecnimont, in consortium with its Indian affiliate Tecnimont [...]
Kazakhstan sets up PET waste-to-fibre recycling plant August 28, 2018 // 0 Comments Construction of a plant for the processing of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles and the production of staple fibre [...]
Walmart phasing out paint removal products with methylene chloride and NMP August 21, 2018 // 2 Comments US retail giant Walmart has announced it will phase out paint removal products with the chemicals methylene chloride and [...]
Cabot to acquire KMG Chemicals for US$1.6 bn August 17, 2018 // 2 Comments Cabot Microelectronics Corporation, the world’s leading supplier of chemical mechanical planarisation (CMP) polishing [...]
Trelleborg’s facility in UK for hyperbaric test chambers August 17, 2018 // 3 Comments Swedish firm Trelleborg’s offshore facility based in Skelmersdale, UK, broke ground on its new 630 sq m testing facility [...]
Indian Oil and Lanzatech to set-up pilot plant for CO2-lipids August 14, 2018 // 2 Comments Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the country’s largest fuel retailer, will inaugurate India’s first pilot plant to convert [...]