Articles Tagged with ''capacity expansions''

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.

Eastman Chemical Co. Kingsport, TN, announced plans to again expand 2-EH capacity at its Longview, TX, site.

Propelled by continued business success and a growing global customer base, SAPICI is investing in the company’s plants in Italy and China.

Axalta Coating Systems will begin the next phase of construction to significantly expand its waterborne production capacity at the company’s operations in Guarulhos, Brazil.

Nubiola announced that it is increasing its production capacity of zinc ferrites, Nubifer K Series, by approximately 33 percent.

BASF is investing around €7 million to expand and optimize the resin production at its Münster, Germany, site.

The chemical company Oxea has successfully increased its capacity by 20 percent for specialty esters at its Amsterdam Esters Plant (AEP) by implementing several optimization measures.

Arkema has officially started its new 60,000 MTY emulsion polymers facility on its Changshu, China, platform.

Specialty chemicals company Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc., Woodridge, IL, has authorized the next stage of its second world-scale biorefinery in Natchez, MS, in order to expand production of its Inherent™ renewable building blocks.