KBR announced the successful completion of performance tests and official handover of the Dyno Nobel ammonia plant in Waggaman, Louisiana.

With an aim to meet the growing demand of water treatment solutions in China and the Asia-Pacific region, Kemira has decided to expand its production capacity of water treatment chemicals in Yanzhou, China.

BASF has acquired Zodiac Enterprises’ assets in Caldwell, Texas which will enable the German company to expand its circular economy business in catalyst recycling. The move will support BASF’s existing precious metal recycling operations in Seneca, South Carolina.

Ecoclean has developed its dynamic volumetric flow controller: Ecoclean DFC. The control is based on the measured variables of pressure and volumetric flowrate and enables energy savings of up to 45 % with a corresponding reduction in CO2 emissions.

On July 5, a major fire broke at the Ming Dih Chemical factory which produces plastic foam and plastic pellets in Thailand. The fire has been extinguished however; the cause of the fire is still unknown.

Grace, a global producer of specialty silica, has begun construction of a new colloidal silica plant at its European flagship manufacturing and R&D center in Worms, Germany. This investment is to support growing demand and increasing technical requirements of customers.

The FMC Technologies and Technip alliance has received an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract from Statoil for its Trestakk field in the Norwegian Sea.

BASF has plans to invest double-digit million-dollars into the expansion of the mobile emissions catalysts production plant in Chennai, India. With this, the company intends to double its catalysts production capacity for the heavy-duty on- and off-road segment.

Additives are crucial for plastics production. They protect plastics from degradation by processing, facilitate their processability, protect them against heat and UV rays, and expand the range of properties by modifying material characteristics. The market research company Ceresana analyzed the complete world market for all major plastic additives for the second time.

Under the contract, Mc Dermott will be responsible for upgrading two of the existing platforms related to the installation of associated equipment for electrical submersible pumps along with space for a future high integrity pressure protection system.