The green-field plant is expected to produce Penta including the renewable grades of Voxtar. Construction of the plant already began in October and commercial production is expected to begin in Q1 2022.

Vina SCG Chemicals, wholly-owned subsidiary by SCG, announced that it will proceed with the investment in the Long Son Petrochemicals Company (LSP). LSP issued the Letter of Award to key contractors on July 14, 2017 and the final contract signing is expected to be in the second half of 2017.

Akzo Nobel's Specialty Chemicals business is planning to double the production capacity at its organic peroxides facility in Ningbo, China, within the next two years. A project to boost the capacity by 40 % is underway, which is expected to be completed by mid-August.

No rest for Akzo Nobel: After having refused a 26-million-takeover offer from PPC, CEO Ton Büchner and Antony Burgmans, chairman of the supervisory board, leave the company. The new management now prepares for the spin-off of the Specialty Chemicals branch.

Breaking up soft agglomerates, dewatering slurries or screen bulk products for pharmaceuticals productions - centrifugal screeners are versatile tools. Kason now presents the Centri-Shifter, a new centrifugal screener with sturdy performance and good hygienic properties.

Within the $ 6 billion petrochemical investment on the US Gulf, Chevron Phillips Chemicals has selected Audubon Engineering solutions for a main contractor framework agreement.

Chemical company Oxea announced plans to build a production plant for plasticisers and oxo derivatives in Nanjing China.

Akzo Nobel's Specialty Chemicals business is investing more than € 4 million (approx. $ 4.72 million) to increase production capacity in Sweden for its Levasil CC-branded product line of patented surface modified colloidal silica.

The global chemical company Oxea has entered into a cooperation with a German partner to produce dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP), a general purpose non-ortho-phthalate plasticizer, in Europe.

In the fast-paced pharmaceutical market, automation is an important trend more so because the pharmaceutical industry is highly regulated as public health safety is of primary importance. The article takes a look at how automation technologies in the pharma sector help enhance the productivity of companies thereby increasing the safety quotient among the users.