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AGC begins production at expanded PVC plant in Indonesia

AGC Inc. (Tokyo) held a ceremony at the Anyer Plant (Banten Province, Indonesia) of its chemical manufacturing and sales subsidiary, P.T. Asahimas Chemical (ASC), to commemorate the completion of polyvinyl chloride (PVC)expansion work at the plant and its first shipment…

Worley studying feasibility of 25-GW green hydrogen project in Oman

Worley (North Sydney, Australia) has been contracted by Green Energy Oman (GEO), an international consortium, to support their 25-gigawatt (GW) low-carbon fuels project. Worley is providing concept feasibility study services to develop and challenge GEO's defined green hydrogen energy project.…

Air Liquide and Sogestran form JV for CCS and CO2 shipping

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) and Sogestran have signed an agreement to form a joint venture that will provide large-scale liquid CO2 shipping and barging solutions tailored to the needs of future Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects in Europe. This…

Nextchem completes construction of Italy’s first demonstration plant for chemical recycling of textile fibers

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary NextChem has completed construction of the first demonstration plant in Italy for the chemical recycling of PET and polyester from textiles, as part of the European Union’s DEMETO project. The plant is located…

Olin and Mitsui form JV for electrochemical derivatives

Olin Corp. (Clayton, Mo.) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) announced a global strategic alliance to better serve customers. The companies have agreed to a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint venture that brings together Mitsui's top-notch global logistics,…

Siemens Energy to start production of hydrogen electrolyzers in Berlin

Siemens Energy (Munich, Germany) will locate the industrial production of electrolysis modules in Berlin and is thus taking the centerpiece of its hydrogen technology to the capital. Start of production at the location Huttenstrasse in Berlin’s Moabit locality is scheduled…

Sumitomo Chemical to build new API production plant in Japan

Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) will construct a new manufacturing plant for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and intermediates for small molecule drugs at its Oita Works (Oita City, Oita Prefecture, Japan). This project is to enhance the company’s capacity to…

PPG to divest selected business activities in Africa

PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced that it has agreed to divest certain business activities in Senegal, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon and Algeria to Océinde, an industrial group based in Réunion, France. Océinde will continue to offer the existing range of products,…

Sasol Chemicals and Holiferm enter partnership to develop new biosurfactants

Sasol Chemicals, a business unit of Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Holiferm Limited announced a partnership to jointly develop new biosurfactants and enable the broad commercialization of sophorolipids. Sasol Chemicals has agreed to purchase the majority of sophorolipids produced…

Veolia and Waga Energy commission one of the largest biomethane production units in Europe

Veolia (Paris) and Waga Energy have announced the commissioning of France’s largest biomethane production unit using biogas from a non-hazardous waste storage facility. Located on the largest biogas production site in France, Veolia’s industrial ecology hub in Claye-Souilly (Paris region),…