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Evonik to build new colloidal silica plant in Michigan

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is building a new plant to produce ultra-high purity colloidal silica at its site in Weston, Michigan, USA which is expected to generate a total capital spending of $7.9 million in 2023 and 2024. The…

AkzoNobel to build new coatings plant in Spain

AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) is investing €32 million in a new plant at its Vilafranca site in Spain, which will produce bisphenol-free coatings for the metal packaging industry in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). The facility will use…

Evonik and Fuhua join forces to produce and market hydrogen peroxide in China

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) and Chinese chemicals producer Fuhua Tongda Chemicals Company (Fuhua) have signed a license agreement for Fuhua to build a new hydrogen peroxide plant in Leshan, Sichuan Province, using Evonik’s know-how. Furthermore, both partners will evaluate…

BASF and SK On enter agreement for lithium-ion battery materials

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and SK On, an electric-vehicle battery-cell manufacturer, have entered into an agreement to jointly evaluate collaboration opportunities in the global lithium-ion battery market focused on North America and Asia-Pacific. The collaboration brings together strong business and…

Fluid Components International (FCI) joins Process Sensing Technologies (PST)

Process Sensing Technologies (“PST”) a leading provider of measurement instrumentation and monitoring systems for process-critical applications, finalized the acquisition of Fluid Components International (“FCI”), a renowned specialist manufacturer of thermal mass flow meters and switches. FCI’s unique technology has positioned…

Veolia collaborating with Posco on lithium production in South Korea

Veolia, via its subsidiary Veolia Water Technologies, has signed a contract with POSCO Lithium Solution to design and deliver an integrated conversion system featuring its high purification HPD crystallization technology, a key process used in the refining of battery material…

KBR signs MoU with ISU Chemical for ammonia cracking unit in South Korea

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korea-based ISU Chemical for a commercial ammonia cracking project to be based in Ulsan, South Korea. The project will employ KBR's innovative technology, H2ACT, which has rapidly…

Chemours to raise production capacity for low-GPW propellant in Texas

The Chemours Company (Wilmington, Del.) announced it is expanding production of Chemours HFC-152a by approximately 20 percent. In addition to helping meet customer demands for lower global warming potential (GWP) propellants and foam blowing agents, the expansion will enable reduced…

Vynova plans investment to construct new alcoholates plant in Germany

Vynova Group, part of the International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG), plans to invest a high double-digit million euro amount in the construction of a plant complex for the production of all common sodium and potassium alcoholates at the Lülsdorf site…