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EVONIK
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ITALMATCH
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LANXESS
LUKOIL
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MESSER
METOKOTE
PPG
SILURIA
SOLENIS
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SUMITOMO CHEMICAL
TECHNIP
UMICORE
UNIPETROL
WESTLAKE
Plant Watch
Unipetrol breaks ground on Czech
Republic's largest petrochemical project
June 10, 2016 - Unipetrol a.s. (Prague,
Czech Republic; www.unipetrol.cz) has
officially broken ground for the construction
of a new polyethylene unit, said to be the
largest investment in the history of the Czech
petrochemical industry, amounting to CZK 8.5
billion (around $355 million). Inauguration of
the new unit, which has a production capacity
of 270,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr), is
planned in mid-2018.
Evonik starts up membrane
coating facility in Germany
June 9, 2016 - Evonik Industries AG (Essen,
Germany; www.evonik.com) recently started
operating a thin-film composites plant to coat
membranes for use in nanofiltration and gas
separation at its Marl site in Germany. In the
new plant, thin membrane films are coated
with special silicone or other materials.
Amec Foster Wheeler wins world-scale
methionine facility contract in Singapore
May 31, 2016 - Amec Foster Wheeler (London,
U.K.; www.amecfw.com) has been awarded
the engineering, procurement, construction
management (EPCM) contract by Evonik
Methionine SEA Pte. Ltd for its second
methionine plant complex in Singapore. With
an annual production capacity of 150,000 m.t.,
the plant is expected to start up in 2019.
Lukoil commissions large
vacuum-gasoil conversion complex
May 31, 2016 - Lukoil (Moscow; www.lukoil.
com) has fully commissioned the Oil Deep
Conversion Complex in Volgograd as part of a
vacuum gasoil (VGO) hydrocracking facility at
the company's wholly owned petroleum refinery
OOO Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka. The
capacity of the site, said to be Russia's largest
VGO deep-conversion complex, is 3.5 million
m.t./yr. In total, $2.2 billion was invested in
the project.
Kuraray boosts EVAL production
capacity in the U.S.
May 26, 2016 - Kuraray Co. (Tokyo, Japan;
www.kuraray.us.com) plans to increase the
production capacity of ethylene vinyl alcohol
copolymer (EVAL) by 11,000 m.t./yr at its
plant located in Pasadena, Tex. Expanded
operations are expected to commence in the
summer of 2018.
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Lanxess expands industrial
lubricant additives capacities
May 24, 2016 - Lanxess AG (Cologne,
Germany; www.lanxess.com) has expanded
its capacities for light-colored sulfur carriers
at its sites in Mannheim, Germany and Kallo,
Belgium. Light-colored sulfur carriers are used
as additives in formulating high-performance
metalworking fluids and gear oils. The expansion
in Mannheim increases production capacity
by 20% and represents an investment
of €1.5 million.
Sumitomo Chemical to build new
methionine production line in Japan
May 19, 2016 - Sumitomo Chemical Co.
(Tokyo; www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp) plans to
expand its production capacity for the feed
additive methionine by adding a new production
line in Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan.
With this expansion, the company will increase
its methionine production capacity by around
100,000 m.t./yr. The new facility is scheduled
for completion in mid-2018.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Westlake agrees to acquire
Axiall for $3.8 billion
June 10, 2016 - Westlake Chemical Corp.
(Houston; www.westlake.com) and Axiall Corp.
(Atlanta, Ga.; www.axiall.com) have entered into
a definitive agreement under which Westlake
will acquire all of the outstanding shares of
Axiall for an enterprise value of approximately
$3.8 billion. The transaction is expected to be
completed by the fourth quarter of 2016.
PPG to acquire coatings
service provider MetoKote
June 9, 2016 - PPG Industries, Inc. (Pittsburgh,
Pa.; www.ppg.com) has reached a definitive
agreement to acquire coatings-services
business MetoKote Corp. (Lima, Ohio) and
its affiliates. The transaction is expected to
close in the third quarter of 2016. MetoKote
operates onsite services applying coatings
to customers' manufactured parts.
Italmatch enters Americas markets with
Compass Chemical acquisition
June 7, 2016 - Italmatch Chemicals
Group (Genova, Italy; www.italmatch.it) has
acquired Compass Chemical International
LLC (Smyrna, Ga.; www.compasschemical.
com), a producer of organophosphonates,
polymers and other specialty additives for watertreatment
and oil-and-gas applications. The
acquisition will enable Italmatch to operate in
the Americas markets.
Solenis' Australian subsidiary
acquires Nuplex Pulp & Paper
June 6, 2016 - Solenis (Wilmington, Del.; www.
solenis.com), through its Australia subsidiary
Solenis Australia Pty Ltd., completed the
acquisition of the business assets of Nuplex
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