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Mitsubishi Chemical to increase production capacity for polyester films in Indonesia

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 to divest Compound Semiconductor Solutions business

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 announces joint syngas project with Debang Group in China

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…

New JV to build Thailand’s first recycled plastics plant

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…

PKN Orlen selects UOP MaxEne process for Plock production site

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…

Air Liquide joins large-scale carbon-capture project in Norway

Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Equinor and its partners Shell and Total to explore collaboration in a CO2 capture and storage project, called Northern Lights. The Northern Lights project is aimed to mature the…

Dow and SCG form partnership to promote plastics recycling in Thailand

Dow (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and SCG Chemicals Co. (Bangkok, Thailand; www.scgchemicals.com) signed a collaboration agreement to develop new complete recycling solutions to add value to plastic waste and prevent them from ending up in the environment. This agreement is an…

Mexichem changes name to Orbia

Mexichem S.A.B. de C.V. has unveiled its new corporate name, Orbia (www.orbia.com). Alongside the new purpose-driven corporate approach, Orbia introduces an innovative new logo concept, the ImpactMark. This reflects a year-long process to transform the company into a future-fit, human-centered…

LyondellBasell expands in China with ethylene-cracker JV

LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand in China through a Joint Venture (JV) with the Liaoning Bora Enterprise Group (Bora). “China is the largest, fastest growing market in the world…

Eni to install an EnergyNest thermal battery for steam production at Gela manufacturing site

EnergyNest (Billingstad, Norway; www.energy-nest.com) is supplying a full Thermal Battery system for an industrial decarbonization project located at Eni S.p.A.’s (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) production site located in Gela (Sicily), Italy. EnergyNest’s novel Thermal Battery solution can help cut CO2 and…