12.12.2017
- The Specialty Chemicals business of Dutch coatings specialist AkzoNobel plans to spend more than €4 million to increase production capacity for its patented surface-modified...
31.07.2017
- German specialty chemicals producer Evonik said it will expand capacity for fumed silica at its Antwerp, Belgium, site up to 2019. The new plant, which will require investment in...
23.12.2016
- Germany’s Evonik has announced it will build a production plant for precipitated silica at Charleston, South Carolina, USA to supply the tire industry with the product used to...
19.12.2016
- Wacker Chemie has announced it will invest around $150 million in a new pyrogenic silica plant in Charleston, Tennessee, USA. Construction work on the facility, which will have an...
12.12.2016
- Evonik has acquired the silica business of US producer J.M. Huber for $630 million in a deal the German specialty chemicals producer said will allow it to expand its position in...
02.08.2016
- Continuing its exit from the European chloralkali industry, Solvay has agreed to sell its chlorine and peroxide derivatives site at Bussi sul Tirino, Italy, to Caffaro for an...
04.06.2014
- Refining and Petrochemicals - The golden age of refining which peaked in the first decade of this century is over. Now oil refining has become a far more complex operation. Since...
24.05.2013
- Evonik Industries has started basic engineering for a production plant for precipitated silica in Brazil. Subject to the approval of the responsible bodies, Evonik aims to complete...
