Sinopec and BASF recently inaugurated the downstream expansion of their petrochemicals joint venture in Nanjing, China – a project that added produc ...

BASF will build a new world-scale production plant for alkylethanolamines at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium, with start-up planned in 2024, the ...

Huntsman Corp.’s Performance Products division will expand its manufacturing facility in Petfurdo, Hungary, to meet growing demand for polyurethane ...

Sludge and varnish in turbines, such as those used for power generation, have been observed more frequently in recent years due to increased use of AP ...

Sasol announced last week that its new 1.5 million tons per year ethane cracker in Lake Charles, Louisiana, reached a milestone in its start-up, produ ...

Nouryon announced Aug. 27 that it will double capacity at its surfactants plant in Stenungsund, Sweden, through a 12-million expansion and upgrade sch ...

MFG Chemical recently announced manufacturing upgrades at its facilities in Dalton, Georgia, that make surfactants, esters and derivative amines, and ...

Indorama Ventures acquired Huntsman Corp.s chemical intermediates and surfactants businesses for $2 billion, the companies announced last week. A numb ...

An industry association said this month that U.S. tariffs on China were constraining availability of DCHA, a corrosion inhibitor used in metalworking ...

New oils and maintenance techniques may finally scrub the threat of varnish from the face industrial equipment.

The global amines market will grow at a compound annual rate of more than 5 percent from 2017 to 2021, with China and India expected to be the biggest ...

BASF announced the start-up last week of a new specialty amines plant in Nanjing, China. The facility will make dimethylaminopropylamines primarily fo ...

Many lubricants depend on antioxidants to protect the base oil against severe oxidation and degradation. A method called voltammetry provides a way to ...

BASF announced plans March 4 to significantly expand its production capacity for 20 specialty amines at its chemical complex in Ludwigshafen, Germany. ...

Huntsman Corp. will double capacity at its polyetheramines plant in Jurong Island, Singapore, to 50,000 tons per year by mid-2016.

Formulators use a wide range of chemicals to perform the long list of jobs assigned to lubricant additives. Todays engine oils offer extensive example ...

They help metalworking fluid formulators boost corrosion control, emulsification and microbial resistance. Just be sure which amines you get.

Chemical supply concerns - more than base oil worries - are keeping metalworking fluid formulators on edge.