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BASF and PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) will build a new world-scale production plant for 2-ethylhexanoic acid (2-EHAcid) at the site of their existing joint venture, BASF PETRONAS Chemicals, in Kuantan, Malaysia.

3E Company, a provider of environmental health and safety (EH&S) compliance and information management services, has received a Business Achievement Award in the information technology category from Environmental Business Journal (EBJ).

Yara International and BASF Group have agreed to build a world-scale ammonia plant at BASF's site in Freeport, TX.

News outlet Biofuels Digest gave its Chemical of the Year award to bio-succinic acid, naming producers BioAmber and Reverdia.

AkzoNobel Performance Coatings announced plans to invest €2.5 million to expand its plant in Cikarang, Indonesia.

JNS Smithchem LLC has been appointed the distributor for Invotec LLC and its corrosion-inhibiting pigments, flash rust inhibitors, flame retardants, smoke suppressors and phosphating catalysts.

Specialty chemicals company Clariant announced 2014 full-year sales from continuing operations of CHF 6.116 billion compared to CHF 6.076 billion in full-year 2013, an increase of 5% in local currencies, mainly driven by higher volumes (+4%). In Swiss francs, sales increased by 1%.

Stepan Co. announced the sale of its Specialty Polyurethane Systems business to J6 Polymers LLC.

ENMET LLC has appointed Norman Davis Jr. as the company’s new President, succeeding Dr. Verne Brown who held the position for 43 years until his passing.

Huntsman Corp. plans to reduce its titanium dioxide (TiO₂) capacity approximately 100kt, representing 13% of the company’s European TiO₂ capacity.