Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) plans to construct a manufacturing facility for cathode active battery materials (CAM) and their precursor materials (pCAM) in Ontario, Canada. For Umicore this investment represents the final step in establishing a truly global production presence with…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) has invested in first biomethane production unit in China, wihic is expected to begin operation by the end of 2022. Located in Huai’an City, in the Jiangsu Province, the unit will have a production capacity of…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) completed the installation and start-up of a new acrylic dispersions production line in Dahej, India, serving the coatings, construction, adhesives and paper industries for the South Asian markets. BASF began production of polymer dispersions in Dahej,…
AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced a €20-million investment to increase and improve production at two of its sites in France. A total of €15 million will be spent on the company’s aerospace coatings facility in Pamiers, which was taken…
Following the signature of the strategic partnership between Plastic Energy and Axens in 2021, Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has announced that Plastic Energy’s (London, U.K.) thermal anaerobic conversion (TAC) process has now been fully integrated into Axens’ technology portfolio, thanks to…
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC; London) has announced that Dow (Midland, Mich.), along with Walgreens Boots Alliance, United Utilities and Northumbrian Water, have joined RSC’s sustainable polymers task force Sustainable Polymers in Liquid Formulation (PLFs) Task Force, which was…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) announced that its recombinant, non-animal-derived collagen platform is now available at commercial scale. Vecollan is highly pure and soluble collagen that is produced via fermentation. It features a triple-helix structure to mimic the properties of…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) will invest in building a large-scale fuel cell catalyst plant in Changshu in China to capture the fast emerging growth in fuel cell technology. The plant will enable the accelerated transformation to hydrogen-based clean mobility, serving…
Latrobe Magnesium Ltd. (LMG; Sydney, Australia) announced the commencement of a Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) for its 100,000-ton/yr magnesium plant using ferronickel slag from flyash waste as its feedstock. LMG has finalized discussions with a ferro-nickel producer for the supply of…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) broke ground on two new plants in Shanghai to meet the rising demand for polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) and elastomers. These new facilities, which represent a combined investment of a mid double-digit million euro amount, will be…