October’s top news stories
BASF was exploring options to divest its construction chemicals business, and the Kolon BASF innoPOM joint venture (JV) began operations at its new $220m polyoxymethylene production plant in South Korea....
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September’s top news stories
BASF has unveiled its plans to set up a new concrete additives production facility in Kyiv, Ukraine; and Bayport Polymers has awarded a contract to McDermott International for a new...
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August’s top news stories
The European Commission (EC) granted conditional approval to the proposed merger between Linde and Praxair, and Petrobras planned to scrap its plans to divest stakes in Brazilian petrochemical firm Braskem....
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July’s top news stories
Advanced materials and speciality chemicals company Solvay started constructing a new manufacturing plant to increase resin mixing capacity; and AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals started design works for its second expansion phase...
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June’s top news stories
Linde Group and specialty chemicals Evonik Industries signed a strategic partnership for using membranes for natural gas processing, and BASF has announced plans to increase its global production capacity to...
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May’s top news stories
BASF opened its first construction chemicals manufacturing plant in East Dagon Township, Myanmar; while Specialty chemical manufacturer Lanxess revealed plans to build a facility for prepolymers production at its site...
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March’s top news stories
Japanese company Mitsui Chemicals unveiled plans to establish a new facility in the US for the production of a soft resin known as Milastomer thermoplastic olefin elastomer, and Chemetall opened...
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September’s top stories: BASF’s plant in China, Wacker facility in South Korea
BASF revealed plans to construct a speciality amines plant in China, Wacker unveiled its intention to build new production facilities in South Korean plant, Linde won €1bn contract extension from...
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August’s top stories: Tronox sells Alkali Chemicals, Sadara starts Jubail plant
Tronox revealed plans to sell Alkali Chemicals business for $1.325bn, Sadara Chemical Company commissioned the last of its 26 units at Saudi petrochemicals complex, Fluor secured EPCM contract from Petronas....
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July’s top stories: AkzoNobel & Itaconix to develop bio-polymers
AkzoNobel signed joint development agreement with Itaconix, KBR won contract for Dorogobuzh’s ammonia plant in Russia, and Lanxess to combine RAB and CAB units. Chemicals-technology.com wraps up key headlines from...
