Page 20 - Chemicals

Solvents market in US to reach 9.6 billion pounds by 2020

Increase in construction activity is stimulating demand for related materials, such as paint and coatings and adhesives and sealants, says Freedonia's new study

Merck inks licensing pact with Nanoco for quantum materials

Cadmium-free quantum dots enable ultra-bright displays with a substantially extended colour range

Celanese stops monomethylamine production at Mexico site

The site will continue to produce dimethylamine (DMA) and trimethylamine (TMA) with a focus on growing and expanding the company's amines business

Flotek to acquire International Polymerics

This acquisition will allow Flotek to accelerate its fluid systems development while adding-value and increasing margins in IPI's core guar business

Mitsui Chemicals to expand thermoplastic olefinic elastomer in Japan

The company will increase the capacity of Milastomer, its thermoplastic elastomer brand, by 5,000 tonnes per annum at the Chiba (Japan) site of its subsidiary, Sun Alloys Co Ltd

CB&I bags contract for alkylation technology from PT Pertamina

Pertamina's alkylation unit in Balikpapan (Indonesia) will use CB&I's CDAlky advanced sulfuric acid alkylation technology

Footwear institute FDDI grants Green Label certificate to Henkel India

Green Label is a quality certification label that is issued to validate safe, healthy and eco-friendly footwear, leather products & components used to manufacture them and allied products

Mitsubishi Chemical plans to sell polyester feedstock business in India: Report

Oversupply of purified terephthalic acid (PTA), mainly from China, has prompted the company to off load Indian as well as Chinese PTA businesses, says a Nikkei Asian Review report

Saudi Arabia's Sabic and ExxonMobil plan petrochemical JV in US

The potential new complex, which will house a steam cracker and derivative units, would be located in Texas or Louisiana near natural gas feedstock

Sumitomo Chemical to set up polyethersulfone plant in Chiba

The new facility of polyethersulfone, a thermoplastic resin, is schedule to start commercial scale production in 2018

ExxonMobil acquires InterOil for $ 2.5 billion

Acquisition adds to ExxonMobil resources in successful Papua New Guinea business

Amec Foster Wheeler bags contract for refinery upgrade in Indonesia

Cilacap Refinery upgrade and expansion project is part of Pertamina's Refinery Development Master Plan

BASF expands R&D capability for automotive coatings in Asia Pacific

New laboratories, located at its Innovation Campus Asia Pacific in Shanghai (China), will strengthen regional R&D capabilities in proximity to key customers

Merck to invest $ 115 mn for expansion of life science campus in Massachusetts

The 280,000-square-foot facility will include a customer collaboration laboratory and training center as well as office space

Sika to expand construction chemical facility in Austria

The company will add a warehouse and a manufacturing line for waterbars at the existing site

Evonik opens precipitated silica plant in Brazil

Precipitated silica is used mainly for high-quality low rolling resistance tyres, the demand for which is increasing in South America

Arkema buys Dutch sealant maker Den Braven for Euro 485 mn

With this acquisition, Bostik, Arkema's subsidiary that makes adhesive, will consolidate its position in the insulation and construction markets

Insecticides India ties up with US-based Momentive to launch silicone additives

Momentive's AgroSpred Max adjuvant, when mixed with agrochemicals during spray as tank-mix additive, can increase the efficacy of crop protection chemicals

Camlin Fine Sciences receives environmental clearance for Dahej plant

The plant will have capacity to produce 9,000 MTPA and 6,000 MTPA of hydroquinone and catechol, respectively

IFFCO awards Rs 300-crore contract to Essar Projects for fertiliser unit

The EPC company will be responsible for the construction of a new phospho gypsum stack at IFFCO's Paradip unit in Odisha, which is India's largest phosphatic fertiliser complex