Tag: chemicals
Japan and France: aspartame boost
Ajinomoto Co. Inc. is investing JPY 6 billion to expand its aspartame manufacturing plants in Yokkaichi, Japan and Gravelines, France.
Saudi chemical complex
Sahara Petrochemical Company and Basell Holdings Middle East GmbH have announced the signing of an agreement to construct a 450 KT per year polypropylene plant and propane dehydrogenation unit at Al-Jubail Industrial City in Saudi Arabia.
Belgium: new Bayer plant
Bayer MaterialScience plans to build a new aniline production plant in Antwerp, Belgium.
New chemical company
A new company has been formed from the chemicals arm and some of the polymers activities of Bayer AG.
BASF: future of Ludwigshafen site
BASF plans to invest a total of EUR 6 billion in capital expenditures, modernization and plant maintenance at its Ludwigshafen site by 2009.
Stainless sliding door
Straightaway 700SS is Hillaldam Coburn’s latest development in hardware for bottom rolling straight sliding doors weighing up to 115kg.
Degussa plans additional production unit
Degussa AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) has begun basic planning on a new production line for isophorone products at its site in Herne, Germany.
China: carbon black plant in Tianjin
Cabot Corporation will expand its existing relationship with joint venture partner Shanghai Coking and Chemical Company to build a carbon black plant in Tianjin, China.
Indonesia: fertiliser and particle board factories
PT Perkebunan Nusantara III and PT Surya Bumi Agro Langgeng agreed with China’s Guangcai Jing Xu Ltd Co. to build fertiliser and particle board factories in Indonesia.
Bayer in China
Bayer MaterialScience will invest EUR 2.1 billion worldwide by 2006 to modernise and expand its plants and facilities.
