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Plant Watch
BASF expands global production
capacity of Ultrason polyarylsulfone
September 8, 2016 - BASF SE (Ludwigshafen,
Germany; www.basf.com) will set up an additional
production line for Ultrason polyarylsulfone
at its site in Yeosu, Korea. The new line will
start up at the end of 2017, adding production
capacity of 6,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr)
and bringing BASF's total capacity of Ultrason
to 24,000 m.t./yr.
Solvay starts up hydrogen
peroxide plant in China
September 6, 2016 - Solvay S.A. (Brussels,
Belgium; www.solvay.com) has started
hydrogen peroxide production at its new plant
in Zhenjiang, China. This plant has a capacity
of 60,000 m.t./yr. The plant is the first in China
to use Solvay's peroxide technology.
Arkema to expand specialty
polyamides production in China
September 6, 2016 - Arkema (Colombes,
France; www.arkema.com) will expand specialty
polyamides production at its Zhangjiagang
site in China by increasing its compounding
capacities. In 2017, the company will bring
onstream two production lines to manufacture
polyamide 11 in addition to polyamide 10.
Sadara starts up Saudi Arabia's
first mixed-feed cracker
August 29, 2016 - Sadara Chemical Co.
(Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.sadara.com)
announced the startup of its mixed-feed cracker
(MFC), the only one of its kind in Saudi Arabia.
The MFC is made up of 12 furnaces; of these,
seven will be used to crack ethane (gas), while
the remaining five will be used to crack naphtha
(liquid). Three of the five liquid furnaces are
designed so that they can switch between
gas and liquid feedstock.
AkzoNobel breaks ground on powder
coatings plant in Mumbai
August 29, 2016 - Akzo Nobel N.V. (Amsterdam,
the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has
started construction on its new €9-million
powder coatings plant in Mumbai, India, which
is slated for startup in late 2017. The new facility
will complement AkzoNobel's existing plant
in Bangalore.
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Yara opens world's first
modular ammonium nitrate plant
August 26, 2016 - Yara International ASA
(Oslo, Norway; www.yara.com) has officially
opened the world's first modular ammonium
nitrate plant. The plant is located in Western
Australia, northeast of Perth. The plant is
currently in the commissioning phase, and
is expected to be operational by the end of
2016. The plant will have capacity to produce
330,000 m.t./yr of ammonium nitrate.
Prayon to license phosphoric-acid
technology for two new plants in Egypt
August 22, 2016 - Prayon Group (Engis,
Belgium; www.prayon.com) will provide licenses
and technical guidance for two new phosphoric
acid plants to be built in Egypt as part of the
NCIC Ain Sokhna Fertilizer Complex. The
plants are expected to reach completion in
2018, and each plant will have a capacity of
600 m.t./d of phosphoric acid.
BASF opens construction
chemicals plant in Sri Lanka
August 22, 2016 - BASF has opened its
first production plant in Sri Lanka, which
will produce standard and custom-made
performance-based construction chemicals,
including concrete admixtures products. The
production plant is strategically located in the
Lindel Estate at Sapugaskande, Sri Lanka,
just outside Colombo.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Air Liquide finalizes divestiture of select
U.S. assets to Matheson Tri-Gas
September 8, 2016 - Air Liquide (Paris, France;
www.airliquide.com) has divested certain U.S.
assets to Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. (Basking
Ridge, N.J.; www.mathesongas.com). The
transaction, valued at $781 million, includes
the sale of eighteen air separation units; two
nitrous-oxide production facilities; and four
liquid carbon-dioxide production facilities,
including two dry-ice production facilities.
Sabic to divest Polymershapes
business to U.S. investment firm
September 8, 2016 - Sabic (Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia; www.sabic.com) has entered into
a share-purchase agreement to divest its
Polymershapes distribution business to
Blackfriars Corp., a privately held investment
company in the U.S. The transaction remains
subject to customary closing conditions and
is expected to be completed during the fourth
quarter of 2016.
Tesoro to acquire renewable
fuels producer Virent
September 7, 2016 - Tesoro Corp. (San
Antonio, Tex.; www.tsocorp.com) has agreed to
acquire renewable fuels and chemicals company
Virent, Inc. (Madison, Wis.; www.virent.com).
Tesoro will operate Virent as a wholly owned
subsidiary. Included in the acquisition are
existing collaboration agreements, licenses,
intellectual property portfolio and pilot and
demonstration facilities.
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