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Ecolab adds new biologics resin manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania

Ecolab, Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.) announced a further expansion of its Purolite business with the addition of a new biologics resin manufacturing facility in Landenberg, Pennsylvania. Construction plans for the new facility are underway and will strengthen the security of…

Sumitomo acquires sulfuric acid company in the U.S.

Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) together with its parent, Sumitomo Corporation Japan (SC) announced its acquisition of Saconix LLC (Saconix; Roswell, Ga.), a company engaged in the procurement, sale, storage and distribution of sulfuric acid in the Western U.S. and…

Toray announces further capacity expansion for PP films

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that it will again increase production capacity for Torayfan biaxially oriented polypropylene film at the Tsuchiura Plant in Ibaraki Prefecture. The move is part of ongoing efforts to meet growing demand for automotive capacitor film…

BASF increases production capacity for alkoxylates in Belgium and Germany

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) is gradually bringing additional alkoxylation capacity on stream in Antwerp, Belgium, and Ludwigshafen, Germany, from the second quarter of 2023. The investment benefits European customers in particular with a significant capacity increase well in excess of…

Axens and ExxonMobil enter licensing agreement for high-purity isobutylene production

ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC and Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) have signed an exclusive licensing alliance agreement allowing Axens to include ExxonMobil’s MTBE (Methyl tert-Butyl Ether) Decomposition Technology for high purity isobutylene in its portfolio. Used in the production of high-reactivity…

Solvay completes expansion at Tennessee plant supporting copper mining industry

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has completed its capacity expansion at the company’s Mount Pleasant, Tennessee facility, originally announced in December 2021. This milestone reaffirms Solvay’s commitment to the Mining industry and its efforts to respond to growing demand from mining…

thyssenkrupp Uhde and Johnson Matthey providing technologies for ammonia plant in Turkey

thyssenkrupp Uhde (Essen, Germany) and Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) have been commissioned by İGSAŞ - İstanbul Gübre Sanayii A.Ş., Kocaeli (Turkey) to supply a solution to significantly reduce the pressure in the synthesis loop of an ammonia plant while…

Johnson Matthey providing process technology for world’s largest butanediol plant

Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) will provide Fujian Zhongjing Petrochemical Group with butanediol (BDO) technology to produce bio-degradable plastics (PBAT)  It will be the world’s largest BDO plant – expected to produce 600,000 metric tons of PBAT per year As…

BASF to expand production capacity for bio-based alkyl polyglucosides

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) will expand its global alkyl polyglucosides (APG) production capacity with two expansions at its sites in Bangpakong, Thailand, and Cincinnati, Ohio. By expanding in two regions in parallel, BASF, the global market leader for APGs, can…

Air Liquide begins negotiations to sell oxygen and nitrogen aerospace technology business

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) has entered into exclusive negotiations with Safran Aerosystems for the sale of its oxygen and nitrogen aerospace technology activities, excluding marine-related cryogenic activities. Air Liquide's oxygen and nitrogen aerospace technology activities have been developed since 1983…