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…
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals; www.nouryon.com) has selected a location in the U.S. for a world-scale polymerization plant for its Expancel expandable microspheres. The project will significantly strengthen the company’s leadership position in expandable microspheres, which are used to make…
Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealis.com has awarded Tecnimont, main contractor of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.com) with the engineering, procurement, construction management (EPCM) and commissioning services contract for a new propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant, including the requisite utilities and…
Royal Dutch Shell N.V. (Shell; Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.shell.com) has joined the W2C Rotterdam initiative, as an equity partner, with Air Liquide (Paris; www.airliquide.com), Enerkem (Montreal,Canada; www.enerkem.com), Nouryon (Amsterdam; www.nouryon.com) and the Port of Rotterdam. Shell will become an equal…
Celanese Corp.(Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) announced the expansion of its Pibiflex and Riteflex TPC (thermoplastic co-polyester) production unit at the Donegani facility in Ferrara, Italy to support the continued growth of its global engineered materials business. Celanese recently added one more…
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…