Brussels S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) will lift production capacity of its Tecnoflon FKM peroxide curable fluoroelastomer by nearly a third at its plant in Spinetta Marengo, Italy, to serve ongoing strong demand growth for high performance sealing applications in the…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to engage in a joint feasibility study to further evaluate a collaboration for the establishment of a chemical complex in Mundra, Gujarat,…
Aucotec AG's (Hanover, Germany; www.aucotec.com) Engineering Base (EB) platform will ensure the consistency of the plant and the digital image at Oxea GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) in the future. The leading manufacturer of oxo chemicals has decided to…
Recently, at the production site of Brazilian steel producer ArcelorMittal Monlevade a 130-ton-hot-metal desulfurization station (DeS) and a new dedusting system supplied by Primetals Technologies Ltd. (London, U.K.; www.primetals.com) commenced operation. The desulfurization station represents the first installation of Primetals…
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 to John B. Goodenough, the University of Texas at Austin; M. Stanley Whittingham, Binghamton University, State University of New York; and Akira Yoshino, Asahi…
In line with its customer-focused corporate strategy, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will expand the capacity of ethylene oxide and ethylene oxide derivatives at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. The total investment adds about 400,000 metric tons per year…
Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) is building a new integrated chemical complex in Hungary. The foundation stone for the polyol production facility was laid on September 27, 2019 in Tiszaújváros. The MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary; www.mol.hu), a leading…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) expands its concept for open innovation with various partners starting from the Asia-Pacific Innovation Center in Shanghai. “China is setting the pace for technologies and solutions driving the next wave of industrial and informational revolution,”…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and DuPont Safety & Construction (DuPont; Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) today announced that the companies have signed an agreement where BASF will sell its ultrafiltration-membrane business to DuPont. The divesture includes the shares of inge GmbH,…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and ORLEN Południe, a member of Orlen Group (Płock, Poland; www.orlen.pl), which is a leader in the fuels and energy markets and the largest player in Central and Eastern Europe, today signed a license agreement on…