Kraton Corp. (Houston) announced the expansion of its manufacturing capabilities in Berre, France, to produce up to 100% ISCC PLUS certified renewable Styrenic Block Copolymers (SBC) as part of the CirKular+ ReNew Series via mass balance approach. CirKular+ ReNew Series…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) has inaugurated one of the world‘s largest and most advanced solid-state battery material prototyping facilities in Olen, Belgium, which will expand and accelerate its innovation and technology development after having acquired strong research expertise with the…
GEA Group (Düsseldorf, Germany) has supplied heat pumps for district heating in Gateshead – the largest mine water project in the U.K. "Gateshead Mine Water Scheme" is currently the largest project in the UK for heat recovery from mine water.…
Albemarle Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that it achieved an IRMA 50 level of performance in an independent third-party assessment of its lithium brine extraction and concentration site in the Salar de Atacama, using the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance's (IRMA)…
The Lubrizol Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio), a global leader in specialty chemicals, is advancing its commitment to continued growth in India with several significant projects across its portfolio. The company is pledging more than 150 million USD of in-region investment, including…
BASF SE (Ludwighafen, Germany) has broken ground on a polyethylene (PE) plant at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. The new plant with a capacity of 500,000 metric tons of PE annually will serve the fast-growing demand in China. The…
Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (Tokyo) will increase the production capacity of Plant 1 (launched in November 2021), small pilot facilities for solid electrolytes (planned completion: within fiscal 2024), in order to expand the use of all-solid-state lithium-ion rechargeable batteries ("all-solid-state batteries").…
Pyrum Innovations AG (Dillingen, Germany), a pioneering company that has developed a globally patented pyrolysis technology for recycling tires, and SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd. have entered into a one-year exclusivity agreement to build Pyrum's first pyrolysis plant in…
Following its recent acquisition of Building Products of Canada Corp., Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hume Cemboard Industries Sdn Bhd (HCBI), a leading manufacturer of cement boards for façades, partitions, and ceilings in…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced the official opening of the Technology Competence Center at the facilities of BASF Española in Marchamalo (Guadalajara). The official opening ceremony was attended by the regional minister of Sustainable Development of Castilla - La Mancha,…