Ascend Performance Materials (Houston) has expanded production capacity for HiDura long-chain polyamides in its Greenwood, S.C., plant. The multi-million-dollar expansion will help the company meet growing demand for its new product line. Launched in Nov. 2020, Ascend’s HiDura PA610 and…
Dow (Midland, Mich.) announced plans to build an integrated methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) distillation and prepolymers facility at its world-scale manufacturing site in Freeport, Texas. This investment supports increasing demand for downstream polyurethane systems products and advances Dow’s leading positions…
Chemical companies are high-value targets for cybercriminals, but strong foundational security controls can help prevent or limit the damage from an array of cyberattacks Companies in the chemical process industries (CPI) face an ever-evolving cybersecurity threat landscape. Malicious actors, be…
Bechtel (Reston, Va.) has entered into a partnership with renewable energy company Drax Group to identify opportunities to construct new Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) power plants around the world. Drax currently has the largest decarbonization project in…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) is cooperating with recycling specialist carboNXT to tackle the recycling of Covestro’s continuous fiber-reinforced polycarbonate composites (CFRTPs). Covestro’s Maezio brand of CFRTPs are characterized by their extremely light weight, high strength and flexibility of design. This means…
Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.) announced the expansion of its Life Sciences manufacturing facilities located in Billerica, Mass.; Bloomington, Minn.; and Logan, Utah. The expansions are part of Entegris’ capital expenditures plan to invest approximately $30 million in life sciences capacity…
CP Kelco (Atlanta, Ga.) announced the launch of a new global innovation center, adding to the company's growing network of innovation and technical support facilities around the world. The Atlanta, Georgia-based innovation center is designed as an open, collaborative space…
Cargill, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.) and chemical marketing company HELM (Hamburg, Germany) are entering into a joint venture, Qore, to help leading brands replace fossil-based chemistries with bio-based intermediates, enabling them to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. As part of the…
Brightmark (San Francisco, Calif.) announced that it will build the world’s largest advanced plastics recycling and renewal facility in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia. The total investment is expected to be more than $680 million in a new plant intended to fully…
Alpek S.A.B. de C.V. (San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico) and Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand)have each acquired plastics recycling facilities from CarbonLite Recycling LLC. Alpek has acquired CarbonLite’s Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) recycling and pelletization facility in Reading, Pennsylvania.The site…