LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced that China Petrochemical International Co., Ltd (Sinopec International) has selected LyondellBasell’s world-leading polypropylene (PP) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) technologies for a new facility. The plants will be built at the Sinopec Zhenhai Refining & Chemical…
For the recently announced project to establish a lyocell production facility in Thailand, The Lenzing Group (Lenzing, Austria; www.lenzing.com) has selected Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland; www.woodplc.com) as its professional engineering partner for crucial tasks such as detailed engineering, purchasing and…
Total Corbion PLA (www.total-corbion.com), a 50/50 joint venture between Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) and Corbion N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.corbion.com), has just inaugurated its poly-lactic acid (PLA) bioplastics plant in Rayong, Thailand. The opening celebrates the start-up of the…
TechnipFMC (Houston; www.technipfmc.com) announced that Videolar-INNOVA S.A. (INNOVA) recently started up the first Direct Heating Unit (DHU) in Brazil. This groundbreaking technology for adding heat to high-temperature processes employs flameless combustion for the dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to styrene. The DHU…
Johnson Matthey (JM; London; www.matthey.com) has been awarded the methanol plant license for Methanex Corp.’s Geismar 3 plant, incorporating the world’s largest standalone autothermal reformer (ATR) unit in the methanol marketplace. In mid-July, the Methanex Board of Directors reached a…
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo; www.m-chemical.co.jp) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary PT. MC PET Film Indonesia (MFI) will build a new facility to increase its polyester film production capacity. MFI will invest about $130 million dollars in the new…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) has announced that DuPont Electronics & Imaging (E&I) signed an agreement to sell its Compound Semiconductor Solutions (CSS) business to SK Siltron, a leading silicon wafer supplier to the semiconductor market based in South Korea. The…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced a new joint venture (JV) with Debang Xinghua Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Jiangsu Debang Chemical Industrial Group Co., Ltd. (“Debang Group”), to build, own and operate a coal-to-syngas processing facility in…
PTT Global Chemical Public Co. (GC; Bangkok, Thailand; www.pttgcgroup.com) has announced a long-term partnership with ALPLA, a global recycler and high-quality plastic packaging solutions provider. Together, the two companies are revolutionizing the efficient use of renewable resources to ensure they…
Honeywell UOP (www.honeywell.com) announced that PKN ORLEN has licensed the UOP MaxEne process, which can increase production of ethylene and aromatics and improve the flexibility of gasoline production. The project, for the PKN ORLEN facility in Plock, Poland, currently is in the basic…