Borealis, a company specialised in polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, plans to replace the automation of its production plant in Porvoo, Finland with new technology from Metso: The automation renewals are based on long-term life-cycle plans, developed by both companies.

With this project, Ineos Styrolution aims at expanding its ASA and ABS production capacity in North America. It will also strengthen the company’s position as the only global producer with ASA production capacity in the Americas.

BASF and Adani Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to evaluate a major joint investment in the acrylics value chain. This would be the German group’s largest investment in India to date.

The company has set up its new facilities in Mumbai to improve its expanding operations. Nouryon has also undertaken vital projects which comprise expansion and upgradation of the firm’s organic peroxides facility in Mahad along with a new monochloroacetic acid plant in Gujarat.

Pepperl+Fuchs has introduced an advanced Bebco EPS purge and pressurization system, designed for Class I or II/Div. 2 and Zone 2/22 locations. This innovative and compact manual or automatic system delivers all the features needed for reliable hazardous location protection within a small, streamlined solution.

Shell Nederland Raffinaderij marked the start-up of a new aromatics unit at the large Pernis refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) has ambitious plans for its Jebel Ali refinery: The Oil company plans to double the facilities output with the help of a megasized three stages expansion program.

American PPG Industries and Asian Paints (APL) of India recently received an approval from the Indian authorities to expand their coatings joint venture (JV) in India. Now the two companies plan to market protective paints, powders and coatings for Indian industrial liquid, marine, consumer packaging and transportation customers.

A new role for a climate killer: Bayer plans to use CO2 as a source of carbon for the production of polyol for PU-foams. The company now wants to invest around € 15 million in a first industrial production site..

GEA builds a new production plant for home and personal care products in Bosnia Herzegovinia for Violeta. The new facility shall provide a flexible and fully automatic, multi-purpose liquid processing infrastructure, allowing Violeta to create new opportunities in a market that has, to date, been dominated by foreign imports...