Eastman Chemical Co. has completed a previously announced capacity expansion of its Eastman 168™ non-phthalate plasticizers at the company’s manufacturing facility in Texas City, TX.
Evonik Industries has expanded its polyamide 12 production capacity at its Marl Chemical Site by 5,000 metric tons, increasing the supply security of its VESTAMID® polymer material.
Specialty chemicals company Clariant inaugurated enhancements to its production capabilities and service support for its customers in Indonesia and Southeast Asia and Pacific (SEA&P) at an official ceremony at its Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia, site.
OMNOVA Solutions announced the completion of an expansion at its Le Havre, France, manufacturing facility that will enable the company to increase its capacity to produce specialty acrylic resins for waterborne coatings.
BASF has invested €2.5 million in its Demarchi coatings site, located in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, to expand its capacity to serve Brazil’s automotive industry with waterborne automotive coatings.
Ashland Specialty Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., has completed a 13,000-square-foot expansion of its Macon, GA, facility and moved its Nuosept™ biocides production line to the new space.
The Dow Chemical Co.’s joint-venture membrane chlor-alkali facility, with Mitsui & Co. Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan (Mitsui), has successfully initiated full-scale, commercial production.
In order to meet growing customer demand, Oxea is planning to increase its European capacity for Oxsoft GPO (dioctyl terephthalate - DOTP) by 50,000 metric tons by the fourth quarter of 2015.
