Huntsman Corp.(The Woodlands, Tex.; www.huntsman.com) announced the opening of its new polyurethanes systems house in Dubai. Situated within the Jebel Ali Free Trade Zone (JAFZA), the purpose-built facility strengthens Huntsman's downstream capabilities in the Middle East and North Africa -…
The “Recycling Li-ion batteries for electric Vehicle” (ReLieVe) project, founded by Eramet (Paris, France; www.eramet.com), BASF SE (Ludwighafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and SUEZ (Paris, France; www.suez-environnement.fr), will receive a substantial funding of €4.7 million by EIT Raw Materials, a consortium initiated…
SUEZ NWS (www.suesz-nws-com), the China-based operating company of SUEZ (Paris, France; www.suez-environnement.fr) recently won a contract with total investment of RMB 300 million (around $42 million) for centralized wastewater treatment in the Dongying Chemical Industry Park located in Dongying, Shandong.…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.com) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has signed with Egypt Hydrocarbon Corp., a subsidiary of Carbon Holdings, a preliminary engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract related to the implementation of a new Ammonia plant…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has announced that Air Liquide Philippines and Pilipinas Shell signed a long-term contract for supply of hydrogen to Shell’s Tabangao refinery in Batangas, Philippines. The new venture will secure for the Tabangao refinery a continuous…
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…