Located at the Verbund site, the annual capacity of the plant is expected to reach 80,000 metric tons, on expansion. This move will further strengthen strategic success between the two companies.

Engineeringcompany Fluor and BASF signed an agreement to continue their global engineering collaboration.

Anyone who works in the chemical industry is familiar with the problem: aggressive media and high temperatures put vessels, valves, fittings and internal components under extreme stress. It is important to select the right material to ensure that the equipment does not become the expected point of failure in the process chain.

The world’s leading event for the plastics industry projects the image of an industry in upheaval. Demand remains strong for lightweight materials and composites, but new competitors are putting chemical companies under pressure. Hopes are pinned on customer-specific solutions and alternative raw materials to provide a breakthrough.

What are your natural inclinations? Do you feel more comfortable with a process control system that has a proven track record, or are you by nature receptive to advanced developments and new approaches such as model predictive control, soft sensors and real time optimization? No matter what your natural tendencies may be, this year’s Namur General Meeting broadened the horizon for conservative users and innovators alike.

Yara and BASF broke ground on a world scale ammonia plant at the BASF U.S.-site in Freeport, Texas. Total capital investment for the plant – which is expected to come online in 2017 – is estimated at $600 million.

BASF further expands its long-standing partnership Petronas. The companies want to build World-scale plant for highly reactive polyisobutene at Kuantan/Malaysia.

Each year the EPSC (European Process Safety Centre) awards a prize to an individual, team or organisation working in the process safety field for making an exceptional contribution to the advancement of process safety.

Dow and DuPont get serious about their proposed merger: This US $ 130 union of giants would create the world’s largest chemicals company, even dwarfing the likes of BASF. But the coming bememoth could lead a short life: The partners plan to split up the Dow-DuPont-portfolio into three independent companies...

With a strong value chain from manufacturing via petrochemicals all the way to modern bio-based materials, the province of Ontario is Canada's economic an industrial powerhouse. But what is behind this amazing success story? This interview presents you the views of the Minister, Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure (MEDEI), Ontario, Canada, Brad Duguid