BASF strengthens its dispersant business in Europe

16-Aug-2023 - BASF is set to double its production capacity for water-soluble dispersants based on acrylic acid at its Dilovasi, Turkey location with the introduction of a new production plant. This investment aims to support BASF’s customers in the detergent, cleaning and chemical processing industry across ...

New fumed silica plant by Evonik and Wynca goes on stream

Evonik’s first fumed silica production facility in China starts operation

19-Oct-2021 - The joint venture between Evonik and the Chinese company Wynca - Evonik Wynca (Zhenjiang) Silicon Material Co., Ltd. is starting-up of its new fumed silica plant. Located in the Zhenjiang New Material Industry Park in Jiangsu province, the plant is Evonik's first fumed silica production site in ...

Digitalization of Production: Merck and Siemens Collaborate

Merck invests € 10 million in modular technical infrastructure

27-Nov-2020 - Merck announced a collaborative partnership with Siemens for the digitalization of production. This partnership is to result in the development of a process control system for the modular production of innovative materials and products for the electronics, pharmaceutical and life science ...

AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals breaks ground on €90-million organic peroxide site in China

10-Jul-2018 - AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals has officially broken ground for construction of a state-of-the-art organic peroxide production facility in Tianjin, China. Organic peroxides are essential in the manufacture of a wide range of polymers including PVC and thermoset resins. The €90-million facility, ...

AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals celebrates 10 years at Ningbo site

26-Jun-2018 - kzoNobel Specialty Chemicals celebrates the 10th anniversary of its Ningbo site in China. Since it was inaugurated, the site has grown to be the company’s largest site in China, employing more than 500 people. “The development of Ningbo has been an incredible journey and we thank our employees, ...

Clariant breaks ground on joint venture production site in China

Production planned to begin in first half of 2019

25-Jun-2018 - Clariant and Beijing Tiangang Auxiliary Co., Ltd. (Tiangang), conducted a groundbreaking ceremony in Cangzhou (China), just over 200 km south of Beijing. The ceremony marked the start of the construction of a world-class production facility for stabilizers for plastics and textiles that will form ...

AkzoNobel expands paint business in Southeastern Europe

19-Jun-2018 - AkzoNobel has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Fabryo Corporation S.R.L. (Fabryo), becoming the leader in the Romanian decorative paints market. The transaction includes two production facilities and six distribution centers for decorative paints, adhesives and mortars, ...

AkzoNobel building demo plant for breakthrough ethylene amines technology

14-Jun-2018 - AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals has broken ground for a demonstration plant to showcase a revolutionary and more sustainable technology platform for producing ethylene amines and their derivatives from ethylene oxide. Located at its Stenungsund site in Sweden, the facility marks the next step ...

Mitsui Chemicals and Prime Polymer Establish New PP Compounds Company in Netherlands

31-May-2018 - Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. and Prime Polymer Co., Ltd., owned 65 percent by Mitsui Chemicals and 35 percent by Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., announced that the Group will establish Mitsui Prime Advanced Composites Europe B.V. in the Netherlands, together with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. The new company will be ...

AkzoNobel’s largest powder coatings plant opens in China

30-May-2018 - Production has started at AkzoNobel’s new powder coatings plant in Changzhou, China. The facility – one of the largest of its kind in the world – is located at an existing site and will help to further strengthen the company’s undisputed global leadership position in the powder coatings ...