Alfa Laval (Lund, Sweden; www.alfalaval.com) has won an order from energy company St1 (Helsinki, Finland; www.st1.eu) for a process line to be installed in a new biorefinery in Sweden. The order has a value of approximately SEK 60 million (around…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI; Tokyo; www.mitsuichem.com) has expanded its production facilities for meltblown nonwovens at its wholly owned subsidiary Sunrex Industry Co., Ltd. The move comes as an effort to respond to growing demand for industrial-use meltblown nonwovens, and will…
In response to the COVID-19 crisis affecting the globe, companies of the chemical process industries (CPI) are adjusting their production slates to meet growing demand for not only sanitizing and disinfection agents, but also critical personal protective equipment (PPE), such…
Milliken & Co. (Spartanburg, S.C.; www.milliken.com) has increased domestic production of its BioSmart fabric, which enables practical integration of anti-microbial protection into the most common medical products like scrubs, lab coats and privacy curtains. In light of the current critical…
Falck Renewables S.p.A. (Milan; Italy; www.falckrenewables.eu) and Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) have completed the strategic agreement for the joint development of renewable-energy projects in the United States, which was first announced on December 20, 2019. The agreement involves the…
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, Mass.; www.thermofisher.com) is investing more than $475 million in new capabilities and capacity in 2020. This investment, in addition to those made in 2019, brings the total investment over two years to approximately $800 million across…
Ube Industries, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) has annoucned its decision to acquire Premium Composite Technology North America, Inc. (PCTNA), a consolidated subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho Corporation. PCTNA engages in the commissioned manufacturing of compounds in the United States, from its…
Praxair Surface Technologies (PST; Indianapolis, Ind.; www.praxairsurfacetechnologies.com), a Linde Company, and Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) have signed a new agreement to strengthen their continuous relationship. The new contract covers a range of coating services across all Siemens products. Aerospace…
In response to the COVID-19 epidemic, an unprecedented demand for sanitizing and disinfectant products is beginning to ripple through the manufacturing sector. For instance, Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) has decided to repurpose a production line in order to manufacture 20…
Germany’s first publicly accessible hydrogen network is due to supply increasing quantities of green hydrogen (H2) to industrial companies in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia from late 2022 onwards. BP plc (London; www.bp.com), Evonik (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com), transmission system operator…