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4 May 2018
April’s top news stories
Jacobs Engineering Group secured a contract to provide operations readiness (OR) support services for ENCINA Chemicals’ new petrochemical plant in Gillette, Wyoming, US, and Saudi Aramco and Total signed a...
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30 April 2018
HIG Capital to buy Brazilian chemical company Elekeiroz
An affiliate of US-based private equity investment firm HIG Capital is to acquire Brazilian chemical company Elekeiroz from controlling shareholder Itaúsa –InvestimentosItaú.
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27 April 2018
Jacobs to provide services for ENCINA’s petrochemical plant in US
Jacobs Engineering Group has secured a contract to provide operations readiness (OR) support services for ENCINA Chemicals’ new petrochemical plant in Gillette, Wyoming, US.
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25 April 2018
Formosa to build $9.4bn chemical manufacturing complex in US
Taiwanese company Formosa Petrochemical has announced plans to build a $9.4bn chemical manufacturing complex at St James Parish in Louisiana, US.
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23 April 2018
AkzoNobel and Ineos sign deal to expand production of chelates
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals has signed an agreement to use one of Ineos Nitriles’ chemical products for the expansion of its production of biodegradable chelates.
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9 April 2018
Tata Chemicals signs deal to buy Allied Silica
Indian company Tata Chemicals has signed a business transfer agreement to acquire Allied Silica’s precipitated silica business in a deal valued at Rs1.23bn ($18.87m) on a slump sale basis.
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6 April 2018
SAMAC starts operations of MMA and PMMA plants in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Methacrylates Company (SAMAC) has concluded performance tests and started operations at its plants for production of methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) in Saudi Arabia.
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28 March 2018
AkzoNobel to sell Specialty Chemicals business for €10.1bn
AkzoNobel has reached a €10.1bn agreement to fully divest its Specialty Chemicals business to US-based private equity firm The Carlyle Group and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC.
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23 March 2018
Chemetall launches new lab in Queretaro, Mexico
Chemetall has opened a new laboratory at its 38,700ft² production and office facility in Queretaro, Mexico.
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19 March 2018
LANXESS starts production line for speciality compounds in Germany
German speciality chemicals producer LANXESS has commissioned a new thermoplastic specialty compound production line at its site in Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany.
