Cheap gas spawns fertilizer projects: BASF and Yara plan to build a joint world-scale ammonia plant on the US Gulf Coast. Plans include a 750,000 tons-per-year hydrogen-synthesis plant at BASF's Freeport site in Texas.

PT Synthetic Rubber Indonesia (SRI), the first synthetic rubber factory that produces Polybutadiene Rubber and Solution Styrene Butadiene Rubber in Indonesia, has been officially inaugurated.

Ashland recently completed an expansion for Natrosol Hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) Production in Nanjing, China, increasing the company’s manufacturing output at the site by nearly 30 %.

Kemira has formed a joint venture called Kemira TC Wanfeng Chemicals Yanzhou (New Co) with TC Wanfeng. The JV is to strengthen the company's position as a global supplier for the pulp & paper industry. The newly formed company will mainly produce AKD wax (Alkyl Ketene Dimers) and its key raw material fatty acid chloride (FACL).

Scientists from Exxon Mobil and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new technology that could significantly reduce the amount of energy and emissions associated with manufacturing plastics. Results of the research were published in the peer-reviewed journal Science.

The company has constructed a new facility to double its production of isobutyric acid. Also, production at the plant is expected to commence in the next few weeks.

The market research company Ceresana analyzed the entire pigment market already for the fifth time: 10 million tonnes were sold worldwide in 2017. The majority was utilized in the industry of Asia-Pacific. Due to above-average growth rates, demand in this region will presumably rise to almost 6.3 million tonnes until 2025. Reaching market shares of 16.5 % and 13.2 % respectively, North America and Western Europe ranked second and third.

Jacobs Engineering Group has been awarded a contract to expand the Novartis Pharma Biotechnology Center in Huningue, France.

Honeywell UOP and Exxon Mobil announced a technology licensing agreement with Hainan Handi Sunshine Petrochemical, marking the first project in China under a joint marketing alliance for premium fuels and lubes between the two technology providers.

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