Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) will invest up to $200 million in Louisiana, U.S., to modernize and connect an Air Separation Unit (ASU) to its existing network. This investment also includes the expansion of its pipeline infrastructure by an additional 30…
Methanex Corp. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) has completed the previously announced acquisition of OCI Global’s (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) international methanol business. As part of the transaction, first announced in September 2024, Methanex has acquired an interest in i) two world-scale methanol…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has sold its Styrodur business line, an insulation material made from extruded polystyrene (XPS), to Karl Bachl Kunststoffverarbeitung GmbH & Co. KG (BACHL). Following approval by the relevant authorities, the transaction was completed with effect from…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) is expanding its presence in India by investing in its second Air Separation Unit (ASU) and Cylinder Filling Station (CFS) in Bhagapura, Gujarat. Air Liquide India will build, own and operate the new ASU and CFS…
Malaysia's SEDC Energy (SEDCE) is collaborating with Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) to deploy its proprietary BioFlux technology at Sarawak’s upcoming Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) pilot plant. The facility will convert locally sourced HEFA (Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids) feedstocks…
Eneos Corp. (Tokyo) and Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) have completed a chemical recycling facility aimed at advancing plastics-to-oil conversion. The facility has been under construction since July 2021. Eneos and Mitsubishi have also announced collaborations focused on hydrogen and…
SUEZ (Paris) has announced the inauguration of the new biogenic CO2-recovery unit derived from anaerobic digestion of biowaste at SUEZ's Terres d’Aquitaine site in Saint-Selve, Gironde. On this occasion, SUEZ also announced the European certification of its digestate, marking a…
Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that it has acquired from Nexceris its Li-ion Tamer business, a leading off-gas detection solution for lithium-ion (li-ion) batteries that detects thermal runaway events. The acquisition enhances Honeywell's portfolio of best-in-class fire life safety technologies…
Transition Industries LLC (Houston) held a signing event for an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract with the consortium of Samsung E&A Co., Ltd. (Samsung E&A), Grupo Samsung E&A Mexico, S.A. de C.V., and Techint Engineering and Construction for the…
Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil) has completed the sale of circular polyethylene (PE), produced through chemical recycling, to the Copobras Group. This marks the first time the company has commercialized such circular resin in South America. The material will be…