Victrex plc (Thornton Cleveleys, U.K.; www.victrex.com) and Tri-Mack Plastics Manufacturing Corp. have established a joint venture (JV), TxV Aero Composites, to accelerate the commercial adoption of polyketone (PAEK) composite applications within the aerospace industry, through the manufacture of parts utilizing new…
Global Bioenergies (Evry, France; www.global-bioenergies.com) announced what is said to be the world’s first production of Ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) purely from renewable resources. The breakthrough heralds a new opportunity for increasing the proportion of biofuels in gasoline. Current standards…
Evonik Industries (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.con) opened a new Coating Additives laboratory at its Tuzla (Istanbul) site on January 31, 2017. The state-of-the-art laboratory, which also includes a customer service center, will support customers with the development of innovative surface coatings…
Air Products (LeHigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) recently installed an advanced nitrogen supply system at Boeing’s new 777X Composite Wing Center in Everett, Washington. The nitrogen will be supplied to the world’s largest autoclave, where it will create the inert atmosphere…
Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzer.com) has completed the acquisition of Ensival Moret (EM), a part of Moret Industries. Sulzer will immediately start to integrate EM in its Pumps Equipment division. Combining the complementary product portfolios enables Sulzer to become a…
Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) and United Chemical Company LLP (UCC) have jointly started to examine the construction of new hydrogen peroxide capacity to supply hydrogen peroxide primarily to address the needs of Kazakh companies and customers in other Central…
The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.; www.chemours.com) has broken ground on the company's new HFO-1234yf production facility. The new facility, located at the Chemours Corpus Christi plant in Ingleside, Texas, will triple the company's world-leading capacity for its HFO-1234yf-based-products, which are…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) will expand its plant in Lewiston, Maine, and install a new compounding line to help meet growing demand for pre-colored medical plastic compounds that are supplied under the Mevopur brand name. The new capacity will come…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) announced that its Global Power Group (GPG) has been awarded a contract and received a full notice to proceed from Yuhuang Chemical Inc. (YCI), a U.S.-based subsidiary of Shandong Yuhuang Chemical Company Ltd (SYCC),…
Pentair plc (Manchester, U.K.; www.pentair.com) has completed the acquisition of Union Engineering A/S, headquartered in Fredericia, Denmark. Union Engineering specializes in sustainable technologies for capturing, recovering and purification of carbon dioxide. As an established leader in carbon dioxide management and…