The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) announced a series of phased, incremental investments to expand its global glycol ethers capacity to meet increasing demand in key end-markets and applications. The company also announced plans to invest in an alkoxylation facility on the US Gulf Coast.

Covestro is planning to build its own chlorine production plant in Tarragona (Spain) and will use oxygen-depolarized cathode technology, which consumes around a quarter less energy than the conventional method.

Fluor together with its JV Partners have been assigned to deliver two engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction packages for the Al-Zour refinery project which is expected to produce 615,000 barrels per day.

Körting designs and develops scrubbers on the basis of the ejector principle relating to co-current flow apparatus in which dusts and pollutants could be separated and discharged off.

Speciality chemicals company Lanxess launches new reverse osmosis elements on the market. By the use of this elements the company expect dwell times to be extended.

Under the terms of the contract, Technip FMC is expected to support Kem One’s licensing efforts as well as prepare its Process Design Packages.

The M&A-boom in the chemical industry won't come to an end: After reaching record levels in 2015, the next wave of mergers and transactions might be even bigger. But not all takeovers are created equal: Certain factors distinguish successful corporate takeovers and mergers.

Online measuring and monitoring of water quality and purity in rivers, lakes and streams is a centerpiece of environmental protection and water conservation. Especially organic substances threaten the delicate nature of aquatic ecosystems. Due to the diverse contaminants and pollution sources, analysis relies on the measuring of sum parameters. Different approaches feature distinctive characteristics — but what is the best, fastet and most reliable measurement method?

Lyondell Basell, one of the world’s largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, plans to build a mega-size propylene oxide/tertiary butyl alcohol plant at its Channelview chemical park.

Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals has started design work for a second expansion of chloromethanes capacity at its site in Frankfurt, Germany. The project will take place in several steps over the next five years and will raise total capacity by up to 50 %.