Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) will start construction in May on a project to further increase capacity for chloromethanes at its site in Frankfurt, Germany.
Specialty chemical provider Clariant announced full-year 2018 sales of CHF 6.623 billion compared to CHF 6.377 billion in 2017. This corresponds to 5% growth in local currency, all of which is organic.
Evonik has completed the conceptual and basic engineering phase for building its new polyamide 12 production complex on schedule and has now entered the project implementation phase.