Invista Performance Technologies (IPT) and Jiaxing Petrochemical, a subsidiary of Tongkun Group, announced the successful start-up of Jiaxing Petrochemical’s second PTA line.

CB&I and McDermott International announced that they have entered into a business transaction agreement valued $ 6 billion, under which the two companies will combine in an all-stock transaction. The combination will create a fully vertically integrated onshore-offshore company with a broad engineering, procurement, construction and installation service offering and technology portfolio. CB&I also announced that it has been awarded a contract by IGP Methanol LLC.

Arkema plans to increase its capacity of polyamide 12 polymers by 25 %. The product, commercialized under the trademark Rilsamid, is used for processes such as extrusion, injection, and blow-moulding.

Roche now finished the acquisition of Gene Weave Biosciences. The deal should enable Roche to develope new methods to identify drug-resistant bacteria.

Sabic has announced projects in Asia and the Netherlands designed to increase global capacity for two of its high-performance engineering thermoplastic materials, Ultem and Noryl resins.

PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical has commenced construction of a new Polyethylene Plant project with a capacity of 400 kta at its integrated petrochemical complex in Cilegon, Banten, Indonesia.

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of the phosphorus chemicals business from Solvay. The transaction includes the Belgian chemicals group's production site in Charleston, South Carolina.

BASF announced that it plans to increase its global Alkyl Polyglucosides (APG) production capacity with two production expansion projects at sites in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Jinshan, China.

The move has been undertaken to provide the company’s Indian customers with a wider portfolio of locally produced materials.

Clariant has commenced operation of a high throughput twin-screw compounding extruder at its facility in Lewiston. The facility, which was expanded by 40 %, now accommodates not only extrusion equipment, but also materials handling, weighing stations, a maintenance area and additional water-cooling capacity.