Company Dynamic

Air Products and Chemicals Inc (APD) said that its new plant in the Pukou Economic Development Zone (PKEDZ), Nanjing, China, has come on-stream to supply ultra-high purity gases to its customer in the park.

• APD
• Industrial Gases

JEC has been awarded a contract by CKPC to provide FEED services for a proposed greenfield, integrated propane dehydrogenation and polypropylene facility located in Sturgeon County, Alberta.

• Jacobs

AkzoNobel’s speciality chemicals business said that it is investing more than €4 million to increase production capacity in Sweden for its Levasil CC-branded product line of patented surface modified colloidal silica.

• AkzoNobel
• Silica

2 million PTA unit last weekend and originally plans to restart it within 5-7 days but now cancelled it.

• Yangzi
• Hanbang
• PTA

According to a source related to PKN Orlen, after almost two weeks of production following a heat exchanger issue in early November, PKN...

• PKN
• PTA

Chengdu Grace Fiber shuts one VSF unit for maintenance, which may last one week.

• VSF
• Fiber

US-based Chemours is positioned for strong growth in the coming years with a tailwind in titanium dioxide (TiO2) dynamics and favourable megatrends benefiting fluoroproducts, its CEO said.

• TiO2
• Chemours

Saudi Arabia’s Sadara Chemical is planning a “by-products upgrade project”, the petrochemicals joint venture between Saudi Aramco and US chemicals major DowDuPont said on Tuesday.

• Sadara

US-based Intrexon expects to find a consistent market for natural gas- and bio-based butadiene (BD), the company said.

• Intrexon

Evonik and US chemical major Dow Chemical have terminated their 50:50 joint venture for production of acrylic acid (AA), the German chemical producer said on Monday.

• Evonik
• Dow

AkzoNobel NV will separate its specialty chemicals operations through a sale or demerger as part of its strategy to create two focused businesses, one for paints & coatings and a separate one for specialty chemicals, which makes products used in plast

• AkzoNobel

Following the collapse of a deal to merge with Huntsman Corp. in October, Swiss chemical company Clariant AG has announced new plans to update its strategy and set "concrete set of measures" to create value, including mergers and acquisitions.

• Clariant

ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Mauritania Deepwater Ltd, a wholly owned affiliate of ExxonMobil Corporation has signed production sharing contracts with the government of Mauritania for three deepwater offshore blocks.

• ExxonMobil

RPM International Inc (RPM) said that its Rust-Oleum business group has acquired Whink Products, a speciality cleaners’ manufacturer, marketer and market share leader in the rust stain removal segment.

• RPM

Total SA has signed several agreements covering both upstream and downstream activities with Sonangol, the national oil company of Angola.

• Total

ExxonMobil Corporation said that its chairman and CEO, Darren Woods presented a $50,000 gift to Promise House to assist in its mission of providing critical services to homeless children and teens in Dallas, Texas.

• ExxonMobil

BASF SE has inaugurated a new rice knowledge centre at its agricultural research station in Bay, Laguna, Philippines.

• BASF

Total SA and CMA CGM, a French container transportation and shipping company have signed an agreement covering the supply of around 300,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) a year for 10 years starting in 2020.

• Total

Chapman’s promotion to the highest level of Exxon’s management structure “is designed to ensure management committee leadership continui...

• Exxon
• Chemical

The Sumitomo Chemical portfolio and pipeline will complement the investments DuPont has made in discovery, development and commercializa...

• DuPont
• Sumitomo