Keyword: Huntsman

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Chemistry is ... The Age of Substrate Change

05.10.2014 - Vehicle manufacturers have set some ambitious targets to significantly reduce carbon emissions to 95g CO2/km on the sale of all new cars by 2020. Laurent Pourcheron, Marketing...

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Huntsman Starts Work on MDI Expansion

01.10.2014 - Capitalizing on the widening availability of shale-gas derived feedstock, Huntsman is doubling MDI output at Geismar, Louisiana, by 400,000 t/y up to 2018. In a preliminary step...

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Huntsman Appoints Distona as Swiss MDI distributor

30.09.2014 - Huntsman has signed a 12-month agreement with Swiss distributor Distona covering distribution of its "Suprasec" MDI products in Switzerland. The contract covers applications in...

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EU Approves Huntsman’s Acquisition of Rockwood Businesses

16.09.2014 - The European Commission has cleared Huntsman's proposed acquisition of a number of Rockwood's chemical businesses in exchange for Huntsman's promise to divest its TR52 portfolio...

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Koch Brothers' Buy of PetroLogistics Wrapped Up

24.07.2014 - Flint Hills Resources, part of the empire of Wichita, Kansas-based Koch Industries, has completed the $2.1 billion all-cash acquisition of Houston, Texas-based PetroLogistics LP...

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Albemarle to Buy Rockwood for $6.2 Billion

16.07.2014 - In a deal aimed at tapping fast-growing demand for lithium products such as batteries, US fine chemical producer Albemarle, headquartered at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has announced...

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Ineos Completes Takeover of Sasol Solvents Germany

04.06.2014 - Ineos has officially acquired Sasol Solvents Germany, following clearance from the European Commission. An acquisition price was not disclosed. With the deal announced in December...

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Koch Industries Rides US Shale Boom with PetroLogistics

29.05.2014 - Refining, chemicals and biofuels company Flint Hills Resources, a subsidiary of Wichita, Kansas-based Koch Industries, will take PetroLogistics LP private in a deal worth $2.1...