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AGC completes new production line for synthetic agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals

AGC, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that AGC Wakasa Chemicals Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of AGC that conducts CDMO for synthetic agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals, held a ceremony on November 17, 2023 for the completion of a new large-scale production line at its…

TOYO awarded licensing and equipment supply contract for urea fertilizer plant in Indonesia

Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) has been awarded a licensing and equipment supply contract for a fertilizer plant of PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang (Pusri) in the Palembang District of South Sumatra from WUHUAN ENGINERING CO., LTD. “Wuhuan) in China. TOYO will…

LyondellBasell to build industrial-scale advanced-recycling plant in Germany

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced it has made the final investment decision to build the company's first industrial-scale catalytic advanced recycling demonstration plant at its Wesseling, Germany, site. Using LyondellBasell's proprietary MoReTec technology, this plant will be the…

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Neste and Mitsui Chemicals to collaborate on renewable packaging materials

Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland), Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) and Prime Polymer, a subsidiary of Mitsui Chemicals, are working together to provide more sustainable food packaging solutions for CO-OP, a brand of the Japanese Consumers Co-operative Union (JCCU). In the first…

Evonik to build new colloidal silica plant in Michigan

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is building a new plant to produce ultra-high purity colloidal silica at its site in Weston, Michigan, USA which is expected to generate a total capital spending of $7.9 million in 2023 and 2024. The…

Monarch Energy and LS Power announce green hydrogen partnership

Monarch Energy and LS Power, a New York-based Power and Energy Infrastructure manager, have formed a partnership to deploy a portfolio of green hydrogen projects throughout the United States. LS Power plans to invest up to $400 million into projects…

AkzoNobel to build new coatings plant in Spain

AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) is investing €32 million in a new plant at its Vilafranca site in Spain, which will produce bisphenol-free coatings for the metal packaging industry in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). The facility will use…

Evonik and Fuhua join forces to produce and market hydrogen peroxide in China

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) and Chinese chemicals producer Fuhua Tongda Chemicals Company (Fuhua) have signed a license agreement for Fuhua to build a new hydrogen peroxide plant in Leshan, Sichuan Province, using Evonik’s know-how. Furthermore, both partners will evaluate…

Sulzer Chemtech begins licensing new polymer-recycling technologies

Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) is launching a portfolio of licensing technologies to enable carbon-neutral polymer recycling. The solutions address rising demand for a more eco-conscious, circular economy of plastic and for the decarbonization of industries as a whole.  The latest…