Toray has decided to construct a new PPS (polyphenylene sulfide) compound production facility at the Hungarian site of its US subsidiary Zoltek Companies. It is the company’s first resin compound production facility in Europe and is expected to start operations in March, 2018 with 3,000 tons annual production capacity.

Exxon Mobil Chemical Company's Singapore affiliate has completed the acquisition of one of the world’s largest aromatics facilities on Jurong Island in Singapore. The acquisition was first announced in May 2017.

Reuters reports that Thailand's PTT Global Chemical is partnering with Toyota Tshusho Corporation and Sanyo Chemcial Industries in a chemical project with a volume of $ 900 million.

BASF inaugurated the second phase of its new, world-scale antioxidants manufacturing plant at its Caojing site in Shanghai, China.

The joint venture between Evonik and the Chinese company Wynca — Evonik Wynca (Zhenjiang) Silicon Material — has officially started the construction on a new fumed silica plant in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China.

KBR has been awarded a contract by Hainan Huasheng to license Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation's (MCC) proprietary Bisphenol A (BPA) technology for a new plant in Dongfang City, Hainan Province, China.

Toray’s Romembran RO and Torayfil UF membrane technologies have been selected for a new seawater desalination facility in Brazil, which is set to become the largest in the country.

Green Plains and Novozymes announced an exclusive partnership and commercialization agreement for biological solutions in the production of high protein ingredients. The partnership will be aimed at aquaculture, pet food, as well as novel ingredients to be used in the global protein markets.

Industrial gases company Air Products announced that its subsidiary Air Products San Fu recently brought two new air separation units onstream. The project is part of the long-term agreements to provide ultra-high purity industrial gases to one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers in Asia.

At FCE Pharma (May 12–14, Transamerica Expo Center, São Paulo, Stand D45), the Marchesini Group will exhibit one of its best Track & Trace lines composed of a carton labelling machine BL A420 and a semi-automatic casepacker PS 310 TT.