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ACFC to launch new lubricants facility in New Caney, Tex.

Lubricants and specialty blending company America Clean Fuel Corp. (ACFC; Houston) announced that its state-of-the-art blending facility in New Caney, Texas, will officially come online in one month. With a capacity of 1,000 barrels per day, the plant is purpose-built…

Saint-Gobain reorganizes construction chemicals activities in Germany

Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) is reorganizing its construction chemicals footprint in Germany in order to accelerate growth and synergies: • Transfer of Saint-Gobain Weber GmbH dry mortars to the long-existing joint venture “Franken Maxit Mauermörtel GmbH & Co. KG” (Franken…

HIF Global to construct Tasmania e-Fuels facility at former Burnie Paper Mill site

E-Fuels company HIF Global (Houston) announced that it plans to locate the HIF Tasmania e-Fuels Facility at the former Burnie Paper Mill site in South Burnie. The move will bring new life to one of the region’s most significant industrial…

Symrise starts up new pentylene glycol plant in Granada

Symrise AG (Holzminden, Germany) announced the opening of a new production unit at its facility in Granada, Spain. The plant is dedicated to Hydrolite 5 green, the high-quality, biobased pentylene glycol from its Cosmetic Ingredients division. Symrise is providing European…

Versalis and Veritas sign agreement promoting advanced polystyrene recycling

Versalis S.p.A., Eni’s chemical company, and Veritas, one of Italy’s largest multi-utilities operating in the Metropolitan City of Venice and in parts of the Province of Treviso, signed an agreement to promote the circular economy, with a particular focus on…

Metsä and Andritz start up pulp-mill CO2-capture pilot plant

Finnish pulp, wood and paperboard company Metsä Group (Espoo, Finland) has started operating a carbon capture pilot plant at its Rauma mill, in cooperation with technology company Andritz (Graz, Austria), which supplied the plant. The pilot will test the capture…

Lanxess is expanding its U.S. production capabilities for rubber processing promoters

Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) is expanding production capabilities with the addition of rubber processing promoters at its Bushy Park facility in Goose Creek, South Carolina. The expansion project, currently underway, aims to meet increasing demand and improve supply reliability, with…

thyssenkrupp Uhde commissions emissions-reduction project at Covestro’s Baytown site

Thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) has successfully delivered and commissioned its proprietary EnviNOx technology to Covestro’s Baytown, Texas, facility. The advanced emission control system plays a central role in Covestro’s Nitric Acid Unit Climate Initiative (NAUCI), equating to an annual…

Ecolab invests in Blastr Green Steel’s flagship project in Finland

Norwegian steel firm Blastr Green Steel (Blastr) announced that Ecolab Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.) has come onboard as a new strategic investor in its latest round of financing, aiming to collaborate on best-in-class water systems at its flagship ultra-low CO2…

Ingevity to sell crude tall oil refinery in South Carolina

Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its North Charleston crude tall oil (CTO) refinery assets and the majority of its Performance Chemicals Industrial Specialties product line to Mainstream Pine Products, LLC…