The global chemical company Oxea has successfully started up its new world-scale production unit, "Propanol 2," at its Bay City, Texas, site.

Oxea's new world-scale propanol production unit at its Bay City, Texas, site is mechanically complete and is now being commissioned.

The Dow Chemical Co. (Dow) announced global workforce reduction targets of 2,500 positions, including approximately 700 jobs in the Great Lakes Bay Region.

The Munich-based WACKER Group has expanded its production capacity for functional silicone fluids at its Burghausen, Germany, site.

Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN, plans to launch several new amorphous polyolefin (APO) product grades later this year.

Huntsman Corp. inaugurated its new India corporate office, in Andheri, Mumbai.

Chemical company KH Neochem has opened a new research lab at its manufacturing plant in Chiba, Japan.

W.R. Grace & Co., Columbia, MD, under its bankruptcy plan of reorganization, paid over $63 million to the U.S. government to resolve claims for environmental cleanups at approximately 39 sites in 21 states, according to the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

A 51-year-old man was killed on October 9 in an explosion at a facility owned by Dow Chemical in North Andover, MA.

Chemical manufacturer Oxea is expanding its portfolio of higher alcohols with 3-methylbutanol (isoamyl alcohol).