Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) has announced that multiple debottlenecking projects underway to continually increase capacity to meet growing global demand for alkyl amines. The projects are taking place at Eastman’s global integrated assets located in North America, Europe…
Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara; www.sadara.com) and Baker Hughes (Houston; www.bakerhughes.com) have signed agreements through which Sadara will supply feedstock chemicals to Baker Hughes’ new chemical manufacturing facility in PlasChem Park. Under the agreements’ terms, Sadara will supply ethylene oxide (EO)…
The Lenzing Group (Lenzing, Austria; www.lenzing.com) officially launched construction work in Thailand to build the world’s largest lyocell production plant. Following the approval granted to the project in June 2019 and the successful signing of the Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management…
Steelmaker Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH (SZFG; www.salzgitter-ag.com) has awarded the contract to build a 2.2 megawatt Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolysis plant to Siemens Gas and Power, marking an important step towards hydrogen-based steelmaking. The plant is due to commence operation…
Showa Denko (SDK; Tokyo; www.sdk.co.jp) has decided to license its technology to produce vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) to Shenghong Refining Petrochemical (Lian Yun Gang) Co., Ltd., (SRP) China, under a formal alliance agreement between SDK and engineering firm KBR, Inc.…
Chemetry (Moss Landing, Calif.; www.chemetry.com) and TechnipFMC (Houston; www.technipfmc.com) have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement for the licensing and engineering of Chemetry's eShuttle technology for the production of Propylene Oxide (PO). PO is a commodity chemical produced worldwide and used…
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London; www.matthey.com) has acquired the full intellectual property rights to a portfolio of silicon-alloy-based anode materials from 3M Company. The acquisition is a further step in JM’s longterm strategy to apply its world class scientific expertise…
McDermott International, Inc. (Houston; www.mcdermott.com) announced it has been awarded a technology contract from Baltic Chemical Company (BCC) and an Extended Basic Engineering (EBE) contract from China National Chemical Engineering No. 7 Construction Company Limited (CC7). The ethane cracking project…
Siemens Digital Industries Software (Plano, Tex.; www.sw.siemens.com) has signed an agreement to acquire MultiMechanics, Inc., developer of MultiMech finite element software that helps companies virtually predict failure in advanced materials at an unprecedented level of speed and accuracy. The company…
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract for Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) technology by Shenghong Refining Petrochemical (Lian Yun Gang) Co. Ltd., China. This is the first commercial VAM technology license secured under an alliance agreement between KBR and…