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Stay up to date with the latest Americas updates from the global chemicals industryNation Ford Chemical to expand US operations
Nation Ford Chemical, a manufacturer of specialty organic chemicals, is investing $5.5m to expand its current operations in York County, South Carolina,...
BASF to install new ammonium sulfate crystalliser system
BASF will install a new ammonium sulfate crystalliser system at its caprolactam plant in Freeport, Texas,...
Caribbean fertiliser company installs Everest Sciences ECOChill Pro Spec System
Everest Sciences has installed its ECOChill Pro Spec hybrid inlet cooling system at an undisclosed customers' ammonia plant in the...
Virdia opens new cellulosic pilot facility
Virdia, a developer of cellulosic sugars, has inaugurated a demonstration facility at its new technology centre in Danville, Virginia,...
GE to support Braskem Idesa Ethylene XXI project
Braskem Idesa has entered into a collaboration agreement with GE to utilise hyper compressor and booster compressor technologies for its Ethylene XXI project in Veracruz,...
Eastman Chemical expands 2-ethyl hexanol plant
Eastman Chemical has completed the expansion of its 2-ethyl hexanol (2-EH) facility in Longview, Texas,...
Dow Chemical to construct new ethylene plant
Dow Chemical will construct an ethylene production plant at its Dow Texas Operations in Freeport, US, as part of its comprehensive plan to further connect its US operations with low-cost...
Proper Year Petrochemical awards bisphenol A plant contract to Badger
Proper Year Petrochemical (PYPC), a subsidiary of Kingboard Chemical, has awarded a contract to Badger Licensing to provide proprietary technology and process design services for its bisphenol...
Jacob to upgrade SABIC Olefins 4 plant
SABIC has awarded a contract to Jacobs Engineering Group to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services to upgrade an Olefins 4 plant at its...
BioNitrogen urea fertiliser plant moves ahead
BioNitrogen has reported positive results of the Phase I engineering study of its urea fertiliser plant in Lubbock, Texas, US, conducted by...
Dow Global licenses Polymeric FR technology to Albemarle
Dow Global Technologies (DGTL), a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, has granted the third and final licence of its Polymeric Flame Retardant (Polymeric FR) technology to...
LIFTRC selects Veeco TurboDisc MOCVD system
Korea-based LED-IT Fusion Technology Research Center (LIFTRC) has selected Veeco Instruments' TurboDisc K465i GaN metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system for the research...
Cytec Industries to purchase Umeco
Specialty chemical provider Cytec Industries has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Umeco in an all-cash transaction, valued at approximately...
KBR to construct ethylene furnace for Ineos olefins complex
KBR has entered into an agreement to design and construct an ethylene furnace at Ineos Olefins and Polymers' Chocolate Bayou Works olefins complex in Alvin, Texas,...
Williams Olefins awards ethylene plant contract to CB&I
Williams Olefins has awarded a $300m contract to CB&I to expand capacity of its ethylene facility located in Geismar, Louisiana,...
Solvay and Peroxidos partner to develop HP production units
Solvay and Peroxidos do Brasil have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly develop a new concept of small sized hydrogen peroxide (HP) production...
UOP to expand adsorbents production facility
UOP is planning to invest $20m to expand its facility in Mobile, Alabama, US, to produce adsorbents and...
Chevron Phillips Chemical to construct 1-hexene plant
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company is planning to construct a 1-hexene plant at its Cedar Bayou chemical complex in Baytown, Texas,...
Dow and Grace partner to develop new catalysts for polypropylene production
Grace has entered into a collaboration agreement with Dow Chemical to develop new catalysts for polypropylene...
Galata and Georgia Gulf partner to develop bio-based PVC compounds
Georgia Gulf and Galata Chemicals have entered into an agreement to develop flexible bio-based polyvinyl chloride (PVC) compounds containing the primary plasticiser, Drapex...
