Borealis Group (Vienna, Austria) is investing around €200 million to upgrade and expand its XLPE and semicon assets at existing production locations in Europe. This ambitious initiative will serve the wire and cable (W&C) market by safeguarding the reliable supply…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has invested in a new production line for water-based texture paints at its Songjiang site in Shanghai, China – boosting capacity for supplying more sustainable products. The site is one of four water-based decorative paints plants…
PKN Orlen (Płock, Poland) has secured the European Commission’s clearance of its intended merger with the LOTOS Group (Gdańsk, Poland). Closing an important phase of the merger process, the antitrust clearance marks a leap forward in building a strong multi-utility…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that its Mining & Metals business was awarded a contract to perform engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) for Iluka Resources Limited’s Eneabba project, a fully integrated rare earths refinery in Eneabba, Western Australia. Fluor…
Amyris, Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.) has successfully started operation at its new precision fermentation plant in Barra Bonita, Brazil. The greenfield site at Barra Bonita establishes Amyris as the leading manufacturer of highly engineered organisms at industrial scale. The first of…
Honeywell announced that Alexandria National Refining and Petrochemical Co. (ANRPC) will upgrade their existing naphtha complex using Honeywell UOP engineering services to increase the production of gasoline which will help decrease the dependency on imported fuels in Egypt. The…
Pyrum Innovations AG (Dillingen, Germany) has signed a partnership agreement with the Siemens technology group. The aim of the partnership is to further promote, optimize and scale Pyrum's pyrolysis systems technologically and economically with the digitalization and automation portfolio from…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) and Idemitsu Kosan Co. (Tokyo) have agreed to jointly develop high-performance catholyte materials for solid-state batteries, combining their respective expertise in cathode active materials and solid electrolytes, and aiming to provide the technological breakthrough to extend…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced changes to its leadership and organizational structure as part of the company’s ongoing initiatives to implement its purpose-led strategy and cultural transformation. The new operating model allows Clariant to position itself for long-term sustainable growth…
Sasol Chemicals, a business unit of Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa), and LOTTE Chemical (Seoul, South Korea) have agreed to conduct a pre-feasibility study of a joint project to build, own and operate a plant to produce battery-grade electrolyte solvents,…