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Total and Samsung to expand JV petrochemical complex in South Korea
Monday, January 30, 2012 Total and Samsung Petrochemicals are investing $1.8bn to expand and upgrade their joint venture (JV) petrochemical complex, Samsung Total Petrochemicals, in Daesan, South...

Rhodia and Avantium partner to develop biobased polyamides
Friday, January 27, 2012 Rhodia, a member of the Solvay Group, and Avantium have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly develop new bio-based polyamides that target a variety of...

Yanchang Petroleum to equip new HDPE resin plant with Lyondell process technology
Thursday, January 26, 2012 Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Yanan Energy and Chemical has been granted permission to use LyondellBasell's Hostalen ACP process technology under a new licence...

DSM and POET join forces for cellulosic ethanol production
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Royal DSM has entered into an agreement with POET to form a cellulosic ethanol joint venture (JV)...

Novamont and Genomatica sign BDO plant JV agreement
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Novamont and Genomatica have formed a joint venture (JV) to operate the first butanediol (BDO) industrial plant in Europe to use renewable...

Nuplex signs MoU with KVIL Group
Monday, January 23, 2012 Nuplex Resins BV, a European business of Nuplex Industries, has entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to form a joint venture (JV) company with KVIL Group...

Bayer constructs new plant for coating raw materials
Monday, January 23, 2012 Bayer MaterialScience, a Bayer Group company, has started construction of a multipurpose facility to produce polyurethane coating for raw materials at Leverkusen,...

Rosneft to build petrochemical complex in Russia
Friday, January 20, 2012 Rosneft will invest between €3.5bn and €5bn ($4.4bn and $6.3bn) in the construction of a giant petrochemical complex close to the Russian city of...

BASF to construct TDI production plant in Germany
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 BASF is investing €1bn to set up a 300,000tpa toluene diisocyanate (TDI) production plant in Ludwigshafen,...

Solvay and Air Liquide form JV for fluorine gas business
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Solvay and Air Liquide have entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement to establish a fluorine gas...

Sibur plans new petrochemical complex in Siberia
Friday, January 06, 2012 Sibur is planning to construct a new petrochemical complex in Tobolsk in Tyumen, western Siberia, Russia, according to CEO Dmitry...

Arkema takes over Seppic speciality alcoxylate business
Thursday, January 05, 2012 Arkema has completed the purchase of Seppic's speciality alcoxylate business, as announced on 8 November...

BPCL to sign joint venture agreement with LP Chemical
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Bharat Petroleum Corporation is set to enter into a joint venture agreement with UK-based LP Chemical to build a petrochemical plant at its Kochi refinery in Kerala,...

Apollo Global to acquire Belgian chemical producer
Monday, December 19, 2011 Apollo Global Management and its subsidiaries have entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Taminco Group from subsidiaries of CVC Capital Partners for approximately...

Evonik to broaden polyamide 12 plant capacity in Germany and Asia
Friday, December 09, 2011 Speciality chemicals provider Evonik Industries is set to expand the capacity of its polyamide 12 plants in Germany and...

IMCD purchases Organotec fine chemicals business
Friday, December 09, 2011 IMCD Italia, a subsidiary of IMCD Group, has completed the acquisition of Organotec's Italy-based fine chemicals...

Israel Chemicals acquires stake in Chemutura
Thursday, December 08, 2011 Israel Chemicals has acquired the 50% stake of Tetrabrom Technologies owned by US-based Chemutura to become the company's exclusive...

AkzoNobel buys coatings assets of Korean SSCP
Wednesday, December 07, 2011 AkzoNobel has acquired the coatings business of Korean SSCP as part of the larger agreement signed with the...

Linde to set up new hydrogen plant in JCIP
Wednesday, December 07, 2011 The Linde Group will establish and run a new hydrogen plant at Jilin Chemical Industrial Park (JCIP) in north-east China to supply high-purity hydrogen to several...

Lummus licences technology for Russian plants
Tuesday, December 06, 2011 CJSC Vostochnaya Neftechimicheskaya has awarded a licence and basic engineering contract to Lummus Technology, a CB&I...