Air Liquide has realigned its executive management team in the US, including the recent hire of former Dow Chemical executive Jeff Buckley to lead the company's US industrial gas business. Michael Graff remains chairman and CEO of American Air Liquide, and...
Since early April, the BASF-Total steam cracker has been able to produce up to 40% of its ethylene from ethane and another 40% from butane and propane....
Polystyrene (PS) demand is expected to be lower worldwide this year compared with last year, according to the latest IHS Chemical Market Advisory Service: Global Plastics & Polymers report. PS is under pressure because high feedstock and conversion...
Toho Tenax, the carbon fiber unit of Teijin (Tokyo), has announced plans to suspend production of carbon fiber at its Rockwood, TN site by the end of the third quarter....
Pfizer intends to reduce its holding in Zoetis, the animal health business it spun off via an initial public offering earlier this year, through an exchange offer, the company said on Wednesday. Pfizer shareholders can exchange all, some, or none of their...
The low cost of natural gas gives US chlor-alkali producers a great advantage on the global market, but capitalizing on the opportunity means maintaining the industry’s strong safety record. Supporting that objective is a primary mission of the Chlorine...
Demand for chlor-alkali products is growing on the back of recovery in the construction sector, but the benefit will not be spread evenly around the globe, according to Steve Brien, senior director/global inorganics at IHS Chemical. Brien, who delivered a...
ICA Fluor, the construction joint venture of Empresas ICA and Fluor, has been awarded a contract for the construction of a titanium dioxide (TiO2) train at DuPont’s complex at Altamira, Mexico. ICA Fluor will be responsible for construction...
Braskem (São Paulo) has launched its line of biobased low-density polyethylene (LDPE) derived from sugarcane ethanol, the company has announced. Annual production of biobased LDPE will amount to approximately 30,000 m.t./year, and the product will be...
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