Under a long-term agreement signed between Linde and BASF, Linde will build and operate a new hydrogen production facility at Chalampé, France in order to supply hydrogen and steam to BASF’s new hexamethylenediamine manufacturing facility in the country.

With the acquisition of Arsonsisi’s powder coatings business, PPG will take over the firm’s highly automated powder manufacturing plant in Verbania, Italy. With this deal, PPG will also expand its capability to produce sustainable coatings such as metallic bonding powder.

The NA6 Sodium Analyzer from Electro Chemical Devices (ECD) is equipped with an advanced glass electrode sensor that measures sodium in water to the parts per billion, parts per million or milligram per liter levels and is used across various industries such as pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, H2 electrolysis, steam turbine and boiler water, electronics, refineries, etc.

Depending on the required throughput, Protec's modular Resin Dryer Flexible (RDF) drying system can be assembled from independently operating drying modules.

Lanxess expands its production network with a new iron oxide red pigments production in Ningbo, East China. The company plans investments of € 55 million in the 25,000 tons/year facility.

With an aim to meet the growing demand for EV batteries in Europe, Solvay has plans to further expand its PVDF capacity at its site in Tavaux, France. With this move, the site’s capacity will increase by 35 kilotons, thus creating the largest PVDF production site in Europe.

Huntsman will begin construction on a 25,000-ton capacity expansion program at its world-scale polyetheramine facility in Singapore in the first half of 2015, taking total capacity to 50,000 tons.

Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract by PVC manufacturer Kem One for developing a green chlor-alkali electrolysis plant at Fos-Sur-Mer in France. The new plant will replace the company’s existing diaphragm electrolysis plant to produce chlorine, caustic soda and hydrogen.

The consortium aims to produce base chemicals and also significantly reduce carbon emissions. Leading companies such as BASF, Borealis, BP, Lyondell Basell, Sabic and Total are part of this new Group.

Exxon Mobil announced today that it has started construction of a multi-billion dollar ethane cracker at its Baytown, Texas, complex and associated premium product facilities in nearby Mont Belvieu.