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Toyo and ENPPI jointly win Ethydco petrochemical complex contract
Thursday, March 29, 2012 The Egyptian ethylene and derivatives company (Ethydco) has jointly awarded a contract worth $600m to Toyo engineering and Engineering for the Petroleum and Process Industries (ENPPI), to...

Kraton partners with Formosa to build styrene copolymer plant
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Kraton Performance Polymers is entering into a 50-50 joint venture agreement with Formosa Petrochemical to build and operate a hydrogenated styrenic block copolymer (HSBC) plant in...

Mitsubishi and Celanese to expand resin production capacity
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MCG) and Celanese have entered into an agreement to expand polyacetal (POM) resin production capacity of their affiliate Korea Engineering Plastics (KEP) in Ulsan,...

Indofil, Shanghai Baijin enter JV to build carbon disulphide plant in India
Friday, March 23, 2012 Indofil Industries, a K K Modi Group, has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with Shanghai Baijin Chemical Group of China to build a $40m carbon disulphide (CS2) plant in Gujarat,...

Celanese Chinese acetyl facility moves ahead
Friday, March 23, 2012 Celanese has received Chinese Government approval to modify and enhance the company's existing integrated acetyl facility at Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park, China, to produce ethanol...

SOCAR to construct petrochemical complex
Thursday, March 22, 2012 The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) is planning to construct an oil and gas processing and petrochemical complex near Baku,...

Sony to sell chemical business unit to Japanese state bank
Thursday, March 22, 2012 Sony has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to sell its chemical business unit to Development Bank of Japan...

MHI wins QAFAC CO2 recovery plant contract
Friday, March 16, 2012 MHI Industrial Engineering & Services (MIES), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), has won an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Qatar Fuel...

Air Products to build air separation unit in China
Thursday, March 15, 2012 Henan Xinlianxin Fertilizer, a subsidiary of XLX Fertilizer, has awarded a long-term supply contract to Air...

Total joins Zhanjiang refinery and petrochemicals project
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Total has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kuwait Petroleum (KPC) to participate in the China-based Zhanjiang...

Dahua selects Linde to supply air gases
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 The chemicals producer Dahua Group based in Dalian, Northeast China, has selected Linde Group to supply air...

Toray to enhance carbon fibres production capacity
Monday, March 12, 2012 Toray Industries will invest CYN45bn ($550m) to enhance carbon fibres production capacity at its sites in Japan, the US, France and South...

BASF, Petronas to develop RAPID complex
Wednesday, March 07, 2012 BASF and Petronas have signed a heads of agreement (HOA) to jointly develop Petronas' proposed refinery and petrochemical integrated development (RAPID) complex at Pengerang, Johor,...

Asahi Kasei Chemicals to construct new acetonitrile plant in South Korea
Tuesday, March 06, 2012 Asahi Kasei Chemicals will build a new acetonitrile plant at the site of Tong Suh Petrochemical's Ulsan plant grounds in South...

Wacker Chemie to expand VAE dispersion plant in China
Tuesday, March 06, 2012 Wacker Chemie is investing €40m to expand its vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer (VAE) dispersion plant in Nanjing,...

Dow Chemical sells European fungicide business to Indofil
Monday, March 05, 2012 India-based Indofil Industries has acquired the European Dithane fungicide business of Dow AgroSciences, a subsidiary of Dow...

Momentive expands Indian specialty silicones facility
Friday, March 02, 2012 Momentive Performance Materials has expanded its manufacturing facility and application development centre in Chennai,...

WorleyParsons wins Evonik isophorone, isophorone diamine plants contract
Friday, March 02, 2012 Evonik Industries has selected WorleyParsons to provide detail engineering, procurement support and construction management to construct isophorone and isophorone diamine plants in Shanghai,...

Samsung Total adopts LyondellBasell Lupotech T process technology
Thursday, March 01, 2012 Samsung Total Petrochemicals will install LyondellBasell's Lupotech T process technology at its new Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) and Ethyl Vinyl Acetate (EVA) copolymer...

Mybiomass plans to build new chemical facility
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Mybiomass is in discussions with several international technology partners over the joint development of a new chemical...