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14 June 2019
Chemicals manufacturer FAR Chemical to expand Florida facility
US-based fine and speciality chemicals manufacturer FAR Chemical has announced its plans to expand its facility in Palm Bay, Florida, with an undisclosed investment to meet the growing demand.
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12 June 2019
Air Liquide China to sell gases complex to Fujian Shenyuan
Industrial gas supplier Air Liquide China has entered an agreement to sell its subsidiary Air Liquide Fuzhou to Fujian Shenyuan New Materials.
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10 June 2019
Swiss firm EuroChem inaugurates $1bn ammonia plant in Russia
Swiss fertilizer company EuroChem Group has opened a $1bn ammonia production plant, EuroChem Northwest, in Kingisepp, Russia.
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7 June 2019
Fluor provides EPC services for Milliken’s South Carolina plant
Fluor has announced that it is providing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for Milliken & Company’s chemical facility expansion at the Allen Plant site in Blacksburg, South Carolina.
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5 June 2019
Ineos to build chemical plants in Saudi Arabia with $2bn investment
UK-based chemical firm Ineos has signed an agreement to build three new chemical plants in Saudi Arabia.
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3 June 2019
BASF-YPC begins production at second propionic acid plant in China
The BASF-YPC joint venture (JV) between BASF and Sinopec has started commercial production at the second propionic acid plant at the Verbund site in Nanjing, China.
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31 May 2019
Sibur opens first polymer R&D centre in Russia
Russian petrochemicals company Sibur has opened a research and development (R&D) centre to test and develop polymer products in the country.
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29 May 2019
Lotte plans to expand Chemical Business Unit in South Korea
Lotte Group's Chemical Business Unit (BU) has announced plans to invest about KRW3.7tn ($311m) in South Korea by 2022.
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24 May 2019
McDermott secures technology contract from MOL Petrochemicals
McDermott International has secured a technology contract from MOL Petrochemicals for the basic engineering, technology licence, catalyst and front-end engineering design (FEED) for an Olefins Conversion Technology (OCT) unit.
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22 May 2019
BASF to build engineering plastics and TPU plants in China
BASF has announced its plans to construct an engineering plastics compounding plant and a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) facility at its proposed integrated chemical production site in Zhanjiang, China.