DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) announced that DuPont Nutrition & Health (N&H) has received approval from the European Commission (EC) to divest its heritage DuPont N&H Alginates business to JRS Group, a leading manufacturer of functional additives from plant-based raw materials.…
The Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the successful startup of its latest Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) capacity expansion in Avon Lake, Ohio. The expansion is part of Lubrizol's strategic global capacity expansion program supporting the company's…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced that Fujian Zhongjing Petrochemical Co., Ltd. has selected LyondellBasell 5th Generation Spheripol process technology. The polypropylene process technology will be used for two 600,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) polypropylene (PP) units to be…
INVISTA (Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com) is entering the final design phase for a $250-million project at its Victoria, Texas site to upgrade its manufacturing technology and increase production of adiponitrile (ADN), a key ingredient for nylon 6,6 fibers and plastics. Construction…
Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) announced that Shandong Tianhong Chemical Co., Ltd. has chosen Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex propane dehydrogenation (PDH) technology to produce 250,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of polymer-grade propylene at its facility at Dongying in China’s Shandong…
Milliken & Co. (Spartanburg, S.C.; www.milliken.com) and Oxiteno USA LLC have entered into a multi-year co-manufacturing agreement, which will provide increased and streamlined access to state-of-the-art alkoxylation technology. Aligning manufacturing expertises and accessible facility locations, Milliken and Oxiteno bring unique…
TechnipFMC (Houston; www.technipfmc.com), in consortium with L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Ltd., has been awarded by Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Limited (HURL) - a Joint Venture company of three Indian Public Sector Companies,…
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has broken ground on a project to expand production capacity and upgrade its organic peroxides facility in Mahad, India. Organic peroxides are essential for the manufacture of a wide range of polymer-based products…
Cabot Corp. (Boston, Mass.; www.cabotcorp.com) announced the addition of significant capacity to its worldwide network of carbon black plants. Through the combination of a plant expansion, operational improvements, and debottlenecking projects, Cabot is expanding its global capacity by over 300,000…
Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.co.jp) has begun trial operation of an alkaline water electrolysis plant for the production of green hydrogen using renewable energy jointly with IHI Corp. in Soma, Fukushima, Japan. With large electrodes, maximum electrolytic capacity of 120…