Journals By Industry - Chemicals Manufacturing

Tokyo, Feb 8, 2012 - (JCN) - Mitsui Chemicals Inc. will be increasing by 1,000 tons its hydroquinone production at its Iwakuni-Ohtake Works facility. The expansion is in line with the growing demand...

Tokyo, Jan 25, 2012 - (JCN) - Toyo Engineering Corporation (TOYO) has been awarded a contract for a caprolactam plant for DSM Nanjing Chemical Company, Ltd. (DNCC), which is a joint venture company...

Tokyo, Feb 7, 2012 - (JCN) - Teijin Ltd has developed a highly innovative separator for lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries using a fluorine-based coating, enabling the company to achieve superior heat resistance and...

Muscat projects the port of Sohar, 220 km north of Muscat, as the first anchor for a journey to make Oman a key maritime centre between three continents. Industries built there feature a...

Under a JV agreement signed in Muscat on May 28, 2005, OORC and the industrial gases giant Air Liquide of France have established Air Liquide Sohar Industrial Gases LLC (Alsig). ORPC and the...

As a result of a growing number of industries setting up in Sohar, Muscat in 2008 created of a new economic zone in Sohar. It had already attracted a number of projects to...

The opening of a downstream plastics manufacturing plant in the Salalah free zone in December 2006 marked the beginning of a new phase in the region's petrochemical industry. It caught many by surprise...

On April 20, 2005, the Maharshi Shivatreya tanker left for India, loaded with the first shipment of ammonia from Oman India Fertiliser Co. (Omifco). The consignment was significant given Omifco's protracted gestation period....

Methanol Holding Int'l (50%), MAN Ferrostaal of Germany (20%) and Omzest (30%) are grouped in Oman Methanol Co. (OMC) which has a 3,000 t/d methanol plant built in Sohar in late 2007. Instead...

Absorption-type Company Split Agreement Signed Today Tokyo, Feb 3, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), will establish a new subsidiary to handle the industrial machinery business, including material handling...

Absorption-type Company Split Agreement Signed Today Tokyo, Feb 3, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) will transfer its mechatronics system product business of the Transportation System & Advanced Technology...

Guatemalan exports grew in 2011 by 25%, the highest percentage in the last 30 years, reports Elperiodico.com.gt (Jan. 2, 2011). Due to the high world price of coffee, silver and gold, oil and...

HEADNOTE The Klingele team now has firm control of papermaking and anaerobic wastewater treatment The Klingele recycled liner mill, near tlie North Sea in Germany, has proven that the elimination of traditional organic...

China recorded nitrogenous fertilizer production of 35.4 million tons in the first eleven months of 2011, representing a year on year gain of 4.9 per cent, according to data from China Nitrogen Fertilizer...

Sichuan Meifeng Chemical Industry, a China-based company primarily engaged in manufacture and distribution of chemical fertilizers, including urea, and other chemical products, announced that net profit attributable to the shareholders is expected to...

The State-owned Oman Gas Co. (OGC) has expanded its gas network with a pipeline tying the Nimr field to Salalah on the south-western coast. The MOG has said domestic demand for natural gas...

Verifying Businesses for Next-generation Transportation Infrastructure to Accommodate Expanded Use of EVs Tokyo, Jan 27, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI:TSE/7011), Hitachi, Ltd. (Hitachi:TSE/6501, NYSE/HIT) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC:TSE/8058)...

Construction a cure for crisis, Kazakh president tells nation Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced some grandiose new industrial projects in his annual address to the nation on January 27. These projects, he said,...

Lietuvos dujos to buy gas from Gazprom Export in 2012, but at current price Lithuanian gas import and transport company Lietuvos dujos will purchase gas from LLC Gazprom Export, subsidiary of Russia's OJSC...