Total SE (Paris, France) signed a strategic framework agreement with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), to explore joint research, development and deployment partnership opportunities in the areas of CO2 emission reductions and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS).…
Composites manufacturer Mar-Bal, Inc. (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) has recently merged its AltraSet Composite Technologies company with Lattice Composites (Riverside, Calif.). The integrated merger will expand Mar-Bal’s composite technologies to now include Lattice’s customized epoxy chemistry systems–providing a unique materials portfolio…
Corning Inc. (Corning, N.Y.) announced a new breakthrough in glass-ceramic technology, Corning Guardiant. Under test methods approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), paint and coatings containing Corning Guardiant were shown to kill more than 99.9% of SARS-CoV-2, the…
The Board of Directors of Grasim Industries Ltd. (Mumbai, India) approved the transfer of the company’s Fertilizer Business to Indorama India Pvt. Ltd. (IIPL). The Fertilizer business handles the manufacture, trading and sale of urea, customized fertilizers, agricultural-inputs, crop protection,…
Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (Waterford, N.Y.) announced it will invest $13 million for the expansion of its existing Termoli (Italy) plant to create a state-of-the-art manufacturing hub for its Niax polyurethane additives. The site, which currently produces high-performance additives for…
Würth Industry North America (WINA), a group company of The Würth Group (Kunzelsau, Germany) and Baker Hughes (Houston) announced a joint service offering to expand their capabilities to provide advanced design, digital inventory, and customized 3D printing services to customers…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Hengyi Industries SDN BHD (Hengyi) will use the LyondellBasell Hostalen “Advanced Cascade Process” (Hostalen ACP) technology for a new facility. The process technology will be used for a 450,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) high-density polyethylene (HDPE) facility to…
Currently, there is growing interest in the prospect of using the existing natural gas infrastructure more extensively to transport hydrogen (H2) – green H2 in particular. Numerous initiatives have already been launched around the world in order to develop enabling…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that it has completed the construction of a new plant to produce LUCANT, a series of hydrocarbon-based synthetic fluid, at its Ichihara Works in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture. With this new plant coming on top of…
W. R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.) has licensed its UNIPOL PP Process Technology to PT Pertamina Rosneft Pengolahan dan Petrokimia (PRPP), a joint venture between Indonesia’s PT Pertamina and Russia’s Rosneft Oil Company. The UNIPOL PP facility, located in Tuban,…