Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) and the BF Group announced a partnership to develop sustainable agricultural products for biofuel production. Through an equal joint venture (50% Eni, 50% BF), projects will be developed to research and experiment with agricultural seeds from…
Nalco Water, Ecolab’s water and process management business for industrial customers, has launched a new program for refineries, ethylene producers and chemical recyclers of plastic waste. The program offers an end-to-end suite of chemistries and field expertise that are unique…
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that U.S. subsidiary Zoltek Companies, Inc. will bolster its large-tow carbon fiber (with more than 40,000 filaments) production capacity in 2023. The upgrade will cost around $130 million (around ¥14 billion). A Zoltek facility…
LG Chem Ltd. and GS Caltex (both Seoul, South Korea) will team up to jointly develop mass production technologies of eco-friendly materials for a circulating economy and carbon neutrality. LG Chem signed Joint Development Agreement (JDA) related to the development…
Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced the expansion of its facility in Baton Rouge, La. to double the capacity of its Solstice ze (1234ze), an ultra-low-global-warming-potential (GWP) solution. Solstice ze is used in foam insulation, as a propellant in personal…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has secured a contract for its Plinke nitric acid concentration and spent acid recycling technologies from Hanwha Solutions for its new production facilities at Yeosu, South Korea. Under the terms of the contract, KBR…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) and Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials (MCAM), a leading global manufacturer of high-performance thermoplastic materials in the form of semi-finished products and finished parts, announced a joint collaboration to further develop mechanical recycling solutions for both post-industrial…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and KaMin LLC. / CADAM S.A. (KaMin) have signed an agreement to sell BASF’s kaolin minerals business to KaMin, a global performance minerals company headquartered in Macon, Georgia, United States. Currently, the kaolin minerals business is…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced an award for a C4 acetylenes selective hydrogenation unit (AHU) from Korea Petrochemical Ind. Co. Ltd. (KPIC). The unit will be part of an expansion to KPIC's Onsan Chemical Plant in Ulsan, Republic of Korea. "With this…
Arxada AG (Basel, Switzerland) announced that it will invest CHF 20 million in its industrial biotechnological plant in Kouřim, Czech Republic, which serves the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) part of its Specialty Products Solutions business. This investment provides…