Company Dynamic

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

However, Brown’s letter to ADEM said, even before the switch, ADEM had taken monitoring data provided by 3M in milligrams per liter and ...

• 3M
• Chemical

In a move meant to diversify the Saudi economy beyond oil exports, SABIC and the Saudi national oil company Saudi Aramco are advancing p...

• Aramco
• SABIC

Plans for the new chemical plant coming to Killeen seem to be on schedule. Workers were clearing the area of land in the Killeen Industrial Park off Twin Creek Drive on Monday.

• Chemical
• Killen

AkzoNobel NV (AkzoNobel) said that its shareholders have approved the separation of its speciality chemicals business as part of its strategy to create two focused, high performing businesses; paints and coatings and speciality chemicals.

• AkzoNobel

ExxonMobil Corporation (XOM) said that it will combine its refining and marketing operations into a single company, ExxonMobil Fuels & Lubricants Company, in the first quarter of 2018.

• ExxonMobil

Praxair Inc (PX) and GE Aviation has opened a new facility for their PG Technologies business, which specializes in advanced coatings that enable jet engines to withstand higher temperatures and stresses.

• Praxair

Sika AG is further expanding its presence in Africa by opening its first facility for concrete admixtures in Cameroon.

• Sika

BASF SE has increased prices for a majority of products in its additives portfolio for plastic applications, by 15 percent globally.

• BASF

The introduction of EarthColors into G-Star’s jeans’ collection represents a successful collaboration with Archroma and the embodiment o...

• Archroma

BASF SE has officially opened its new, world-scale chemical catalysts manufacturing plant in Caojing, Shanghai, China. The new plant is BASF’s first chemical catalysts manufacturing facility in the Asia Pacific region.

• BASF

BP Biofuels and Copersucar have agreed to form a joint venture (JV) to own and operate a major ethanol storage terminal in Brazil, better and flexibly connecting ethanol production with the country’s main fuels markets.

• BP