Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals; Amsterdam; www.akzonobel.com) has raised production capacity for surface-modified colloidal silica at its Bohus site in Sweden. The €4-million expansion primarily adds capacity for the company’s Levasil CC-branded product line, which supports customers in the paints…
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE; www.aiche.org) announced that it has launched the Center for Hydrogen Safety to promote the safe handling and use of hydrogen across industrial and consumer applications in the global energy transition. The Center for…
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) and Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.; www.honeywell.com) announced a technology alliance to expand the benefits of connected services to a broader range of the chemical and refining industries. As a product of this alliance, Topsoe has…
TechnipFMC (Houston; www.technipfmc.com) has successfully completed the remaining conditions required to enable work to commence on the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract by Middle East Oil Refinery (MIDOR) for the modernization and expansion of their existing complex near Alexandria, Egypt. As previously…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI; Tokyo; www.mitsuichem.com) has decided to set up a new production facility for long glass-fiber-reinforced polypropylene (LGFPP) at Chinese manufacturing subsidiary Mitsui Advanced Composites (Zhongshan) Co, Ltd. This will become Mitsui Chemicals’ third manufacturing base for LGFPP,…
BP (London; www.bp.com), Virent Inc. (Madison, Wis.; www.virent.com) and Johnson Matthey (JM; London; www.matthey.com) have signed an agreement that will further advance the commercialization of Virent’s Bioforming process for production of bio-paraxylene (PX), a key raw material for the production…
Syndial, Eni's (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) center for the environment and waste management, and Veritas signed a memorandum of understanding in Venice to jointly study the construction of an industrial plant that will transform the organic fraction of solid municipal waste…
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals; www.nouryon.com) has started production of Butanox, one of its methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKP) product lines, at its site in Pasadena, Texas, providing a local supply source and enabling a better service for customers in…
On March 3, Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara; www.sadara.com), a Joint Venture developed by Saudi Aramco & The Dow Chemical Company, broke ground on the Ethylene Oxide (EO) and Propylene Oxide (PO) Pipeline Project. This pipeline will serve a key industrial…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Linde plc, has authorized the construction of a world scale hydrogen plant in Louisiana to supply product under a long-term contract with a major refinery in the area. The new plant…