TPC Group (Houston; www.tcpgrp.com) announced that it has successfully completed the initial phase of its Crude C4 (CC4) processing system upgrade to further enhance its capabilities and capacities. This milestone is a critical component of the company’s Long Range Plan…
Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.; www.honeywell.com) announced that Phu My Plastics Production JSC will use Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex technology to produce polymer-grade propylene at its facility in Vietnam. The plant will help meet growing domestic demand for plastics in Vietnam and…
Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland; www.woodplc.com) has secured a multimillion-dollar construction contract from IR1 Group LLC, which is building the Red Rock Biofuels (RRB) facility in Lakeview, Oregon. Wood is contracted to provide construction and mechanical services. The facility will convert waste…
INVISTA’s (Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com) technology and licensing group, INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT), and Pan-Asia PET Resin (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd have reached agreement for the licensing of INVISTA’s latest purified terephthalic acid (PTA) process technology.Pan-Asia will utilize INVISTA’s P8 PTA technology…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) announced it has signed multiple contracts totaling $12 million with India’s largest commercial oil company, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), to modernize operations and emissions programs at the company’s refineries. Under the contracts, Emerson will…
CP Kelco (Atlanta, Ga.; www.cpkelco.com) announced that it will invest to increase its pectin production capacity at its Limeira, Brazil facility by 10%. This investment will enhance market supply by the end of 2019. “All around the world our customers…
Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) and Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn.; www.hexcel.com) have announced that they will open a joint research and development (R&D) laboratory in Les Avenières (Isère), France in April. This follows the companies’ previous announcement in March 2018 that…
In February 2019, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) founded the new company BASF Digital Solutions S.L. located in Madrid, Spain to drive forward the digital transformation of BASF group and develop innovative IT solutions. BASF plans to grow the center…
Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) signed an agreement with COREPLA, the National Consortium for the Collection, Recycling and Recovery of Plastic Packaging, to launch research projects to produce hydrogen from non-recyclable plastic packaging waste. The agreement was signed by Giuseppe…
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) announced its intention to pursue the launch of an innovative advanced circular recycling technology that uses polyester waste, which cannot be recycled by current mechanical methods, and as a result, often ends up in…