BP announced a new wave of 3,000 job cuts from its downstream operations – including the BP and Castrol lubricant businesses – to be made by the end of 2017. Croda International finished building steel work that will house the main process reactor for a non-ionic surfactants plant under construction at its manufacturing facility in New Castle, Delaware. Houghton International appointed Kevin Smith senior vice president and president for Europe, Middle East and Africa and Global Automotive and Aerospace. Krahn Chemie took over distribution of Oxea specialty esters in France, establishing a local sales team operating from the French branch of sister company Albis Plastic.
