Lyondell Basell plans to boost the capacity for Tri-Ethylene Glycol (TEG) at its plant in Pasadena, Texas, by 50 million tons. This project would nearly double the company's TEG–output in Pasadena, making it one of the largest of its kind.

French based Technip will work on a new grassroots fertilizer project in Gabon, Western Africa. The company will provide design and cost estimates for the project with options for a lump sum turnkey contract.

ExxonMobil Chemical recently celebrated the groundbreaking of its new metallocene polyalphaolefin synthetic lubricants production facility at Baytown, Texas.

BASF broke ground on a new resin and electrocoat (e-coat) plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shanghai. With its operation scheduled to commence in the second half of 2015, the plant will help to address the increasing demand for high quality coatings solutions in various growing industries, notably the automotive industry, in Asia Pacific.

Exxon boosts its petrochemical hub Singapore: The company plans to expand the production capacity for halobutyl rubber and hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins by a total of 230,000 tons/year.

Transporting powders, dusts, and granules requires reliable, clean and safe solutions that allow for flexible and gentle conveying processes — especially in hazardous environments. But there is a simple solution to this complex challenge: vacuum conveyors.

Teijin's Aramid Business announced the completion of a new production line at its Technora production facility in Matsuyama, Japan.

Coperion moves its Chinese extruder production to a new location: By February 2015, the company will have located to a new facility in the Nanjing Jiangning District. It's current production site in China will focus on R&D and Technology, Coperion explained.

Shin-Etsu Chemical announced that it will expand its global production capacity of optical fiber preform, both in Japan and internationally, by investing $ 160 million.

Fluor was selected by Lyondell Basell to perform the engineering and procurement for its propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) project located at its Channelview and Bayport complexes outside of Houston.