Honeywell purchases Evonik's
polyethylene wax portfolio
Honeywell has purchased Evonik Industries’ portfolio of manufacturing technology, including patents, for the production
of polyethylene waxes used in a variety of
applications, from paints and coatings to
adhesives and inks. The technology features Ziegler-Natta catalysts, which have
been used to produce polymers such as
polyethylene since 1956. Today, the majority of plastics and chemicals manufactured around the world are produced
using this technology. The technology will
supplement Honeywell’s existing extensive line of wax additives.
Dow and SCG form partnership
for propylene oxide facility in
Thailand
The Dow Chemical Company announced
that the SCG-Dow Group, a joint venture
between Dow and Siam Cement Group,
has finalized the start-up of its new
propylene oxide (PO) facility in Thailand
by successfully completing its full capacity performance test. The world-scale
plant, located within the Asia Industrial
Estates (AIE) site near Map Ta Phut,
Thailand, has a name plate capacity of
390 kilotons per annum (KTA) of PO via
the hydrogen peroxide to propylene
oxide (HPPO) technology.
Huntsman strengthens its
presence in Turkey
Huntsman Corporation has acquired
EMA Kimya Sistemleri Sanayi ve Ticaret
A.S., a polyurethanes systems house in Istanbul, Turkey. The EMA systems house
has the capacity to manufacture polyester
polyols and blend MDI polyurethane systems used primarily in the coatings, adhesives, insulation, automotive, elastomers
and furniture industries. 2010 revenues
were approximately $17 million.
Perstorp and PTT Global
Chemical sign JV
Perstorp and PTT Global Chemical have
signed a joint venture for the worldwide
manufacturing and sales of products for
the polyurethane industry. At a ceremony
in Grenoble, France, the future cooperation agreement between Perstorp and
PTT Global Chemical was signed. The
joint venture, dedicated to the manufacturing and sales of aromatic (TDI) and
aliphatic (IPDI, HDI & derivates) isocyanates, includes the former Perstorp
business group Coating Additives with its
manufacturing sites at Pont-de-Claix in
France and Freeport, Texas in the U.S.
PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) will hold
51 percent of the joint venture and Perstorp 49 percent.
The joint venture is planning a major
investment to expand capacity at the
manufacturing plant in Pont-de-Claix,
France and new capacity in Asia. This includes the investment in a new joint plant
for HDI derivatives in Asia. As part of
the investment plan, Perstorp has also entered an agreement with the French government regarding the measures to be
introduced that meet the French PPRT
law (Plan de Prevention des risques Tech-nologique), measures which are also supported by PTTGC.
Lanxess launches new website
for colorants products
Lanxess’ Functional Chemicals business
unit is presenting its Colorants product
line on the internet on a fully revised
website. All information on products, industries and applications is now presented under www.colorants.lanxess.de
and www.colorants.lanxess.com. The redesigned pages focus even more on a
customer orientation and provide detailed information on the Colorants
product portfolio.
Miami Chemical expand DBP
and DEP supply
Miami Chemical has announced plans to
increase its available domestic inventories
on dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and diethyl
phthalate(DEP) in preparation of Eastman
Chemical’s planned discontinuation of
manufacturing after December 31, 2011.
According to the firm, DBP and DEP
fit well within Miami Chemicals’ current
product offerings which includes many
specialty and chemical products geared towards the paint and coatings, plastics, adhesives and resins, chemical
manufacturing and compounding markets; along with their recently announced
battery and electronic grade specialty
chemicals line.
Rockwood builds production
facility for synthesizing iron
oxide pigments
Rockwood Holdings Inc. announced that
its Color Pigments and Services business
will build an advanced technology production facility in Augusta, Georgia for
the synthesis of iron oxide pigments. This
$115 million investment will result in the
first new iron oxide pigment production
plant in the U.S. in nearly 35 years.
Dow’s performance monomers
business increases capacity
The performance monomers business of
The Dow Chemical Company has completed several capacity expansion projects
as a result from debottlenecking initiatives
and reliability improvement plans. The
business recently announced a 10 percent
increase in capacity for the production of
glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) at its
Freeport, Texas facility and a 15 percent
increase in capacity for the production of
2-ethyl hexyl acrylate (2-EHA) at its Hah-nville, Louisiana facility. The business also
announced that capacity for the production of crude acrylic acid (CAA) at its
Böhlen, Germany facility has increased by
25 percent, which will be used for the production of butyl acrylate (BA) and glacial
acrylic acid (GAA) at the site. In addition,
Performance Monomers has capacity expansion projects for butyl acrylate (BA),
ethyl acrylate (EA) and two other acrylic
acid units upcoming. CW
