Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) launched the Metso pCAM plant, an intelligent solution for the manufacturing of precursor cathode active material, in June 2024. The Planet Positive-certified solution, used in the production of lithium-ion batteries, has received exciting feedback from customers.…
UPM Biochemicals will be among the first customers to receive kraft lignin from Södra when the forest-owner association’s plant in Mönsterås comes on stream in 2027. Södra’s new plant will be the first commercial kraft lignin production facility in Sweden…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that KTJV, a KBR and Technip Energies joint venture (JV), has been selected by Lake Charles LNG Export Company, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer LP, for its Lake Charles LNG transformation project. Under the terms of…
MAIRE S.p.A. (Milan) announced that Nextchem (Sustainable Technology Solutions), through its subsidiary CONSER, its technology licensor for high-value chemical derivatives and biodegradable plastics, has been awarded by Al Baleed Petrochemical Company (ABP) the technology licensing, the process design package and…
A consortium led by KazMunayGas, Kazakhstan’s state-owned oil and gas company, has awarded the development of a steam cracker to a joint venture formed by Sinopec (Beijing, China) and Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain). The Sinopec group will provide…
The Lubrizol Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) is expanding operations at its Avon Lake, Ohio, manufacturing facility to double the production capacity of Solsperse Hyperdispersants, commonly used by coating and ink formulators for outstanding pigment dispersant performance, and for a variety of…
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (MGC; Tokyo) announced that it joined the City of Yokohama, Maersk AS, Kokuka Sangyo Co., Ltd., Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Uyeno Transtech Ltd. and Yokohama Kawasaki International Port Corp. in a simulation of methanol bunkering,…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) has invested in expanding the coagulant capacity in Fredrikstad in Norway to meet the growing market demand and to ensure production reliability in the Nordic region including Norway, Sweden and Finland. The scope of the investment…
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL; Mumbai) has selected Univation's UNIPOL PE Process Technology for a world-scale production line to be located at IOCL's Paradip Petrochemical Complex site in Paradip, India. The unit is designed to achieve a nameplate production capacity…
AdvanSix (Parsippany, New Jersey) announced that it has been awarded an approximately $12 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the Fertilizer Production Expansion Program (FPEP) supporting the expansion of innovative American fertilizer production strengthening domestic supply…