Tag: chemicals

The 2001 CHEM SHOW attracted close to 16,000 CPI professionals (some 10,000 registered attendees and over 6,000 exhibitor personnel) to its 49th exposition and conference on 23–25 October in the Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York City.

Interquisa Canada, a Spanish-Canadian joint venture between Compania Espagnola de Petroleos's chemical division Interquisa (San Roque, Spain) and Societe Generale de Financement's subsidiary SGF Chemie has started construction of a new Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) plant in Montreal, Quebec.

The 2001 edition of RICH•MAC, International Exhibition of Chemistry and International Show of Chemical Equipment and Equipment for Analyses, Research, Controls and Biotechnologies, held at Fiera Milano, attracted researchers, engineers, chemists, clinical biochemists, laboratory technicians, biologists, physicians as well as commercial operators and managers for five intense days.

BASF is to build a new plant for the production of 3000 metric tons per year of vitamin B2 at its site in Kunsan, Korea.

The Specialty Materials business of Honeywell is expanding production of its Spectra(R) high modulus polyethylene fiber (HMPE).

ICA Fluor Daniel, the industrial engineering partnership of ICA and Fluor Corporation has been awarded a contract by BASF Mexicana SA. de CV to construct a new plant for BASF's trade-marked Styrolux polymer.

Akzo Nobel is investing in a new powder coatings plant in China to serve the growing market for steel pipe protection.

Sandvik Steel has recently received several large orders within the strategic growth areas of special tubes for the fertiliser industry and advanced tubes for steam generators.

BASF will significantly increase the production capacity at Ludwigshafen for its high-temperature resistant plastics based on polysulfone and polysulfone ether.

French industrial gases group Air Liquide SA has teamed up with US peer Air Products & Chemicals Inc with a joint venture in China to make oxygen, nitrogen and argon.