Sekisui Chemical Co. (Osaka, Japan; www.sekisuichemical.com) and INCJ, Ltd. have established a joint venture (JV) called Sekisui Bio Refinery Co. Ltd. with the aim of verification and commercialization of the technology converting combustible waste into ethanol using the microbial catalyst…
Sophisticated supercomputing systems can process massive numbers of calculations related to bioinformatics, epidemiology, and molecular modeling, and are expected to help scientists develop answers to complex scientific questions about COVID-19 in hours or days versus weeks or months. Now, some…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI; Tokyo; www.jp.mitsuichemicals.com) announced that it will establish a new plant within Osaka Works, Takaishi, Osaka Prefecture, to produce the APEL series of cyclic olefin copolymers. With its major application in smartphone camera lenses, APEL has seen…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) will invest close to €200 million to build production capacities in the Science Parks of Tainan and Hsinchu, respectively located in the South and the North of Taiwan. Under a long-term commitment with a semiconductor…
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (Philadelphia, Pa.; www.axaltacs.com) announced that it will supply E&R Powder Coating with more than 7,000 pounds of its Alesta AM antimicrobial powder coatings for bed frames at a temporary hospital at McCormick Place Convention Center in…
Ineos (London; www.ineos.com) and Plastic Energy announced a collaboration on the construction of a new plant to convert waste plastic into raw materials to make new plastic. Production of the new facility would be targeted for the end of 2023.…
Qatar Petroleum (QP; www.qp.com.qa) has announced the successful completion of the integration of petrochemicals manufacturer SEEF Ltd. (SEEF) into Qatar Petroleum ahead of the original deadline set at end of Q2, 2020. SEEF operates a linear alkyl benzene (LAB) plant…
Linde (Guildford, U.K.; www.linde.com) has started up a new air separation plant to supply industrial gases to Samsung Electronics' world-class semiconductor facilities in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. The start-up completes the first phase of Linde's largest single electronics investment to build,…
Sibur (Moscow, Russia; www.sibur.ru) is ramping up trial production of thermoplastic elastomers (SBS polymers) at its Voronezh site in accordance with the project schedule. Thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) can significantly improve the quality of output in road construction, roof coating and…
The Lubrizol Corporation (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com), together with NIKE, Inc., is helping protect frontline medical workers fighting against COVID-19. To support Nike’s efforts to develop and donate full-face shields and powered, air-purifying respirator (PAPR) lenses to hospitals across several U.S.…