17.03.2017
- Citing a “significant” increase in demand, Germany-based engineering plastics producer Covestro will keep its 200,000 t/y MDI plant at Tarragona, Spain, on stream rather than...
16.02.2017
- BASF’s troubled 300,000 t/y TDI plant at Ludwigshafen, Germany, will remain offline for a few more weeks before being partially restarted and operated at a reduced capacity, the...
23.11.2016
- Evonik Resource Efficiency, an offshoot of Essen-based chemical producer Evonik, has announced it will expand capacity of its Rohacell brand foam production facility at Darmstadt...
26.10.2016
- US industrial gases producer Air Products has announced plans to build a new large air separation unit (LASU) in Ulsan, South Korea, at an undisclosed investment cost. The company...
24.10.2016
- With the inauguration of two world-scale production lines, Covestro has doubled production capacity for the engineering plastic polycarbonate from 200,000 to 400,000 t/y at its...
05.10.2016
- A new plant for vitamin A to be built by BASF at its Ludwigshafen, Germany, main site will increase production capacity by 1,500 t/y, the German group said without disclosing a...
04.05.2016
- Israel’s flavors and fine ingredients company Frutarom has acquired Extrakt Chemie Dr. Bruno Stellmach, a German firm focused on extracting natural specialty ingredients for the...
04.05.2016
- LyondellBasell expected to increase production at its 263,000 barrel per day Houston, Texas, refinery this week following the restart of a vacuum distillation (VDU) unit attached...
