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Entegris to expand production capacity of Electronic Chemicals facilities in Colorado and California

Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.) announced plans to increase production and purification capacity for its Pueblo, Colorado, and Hollister, California, sites to support the anticipated increase in demand for its Electronic Chemicals business. Last month, the company announced plans to build…

Chemours to expand production of ion-exchange materials in France

The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.) announced a $200 million investment to increase capacity and advance technology for its industry-leading Nafion ion exchange materials to be located at Chemours’ manufacturing facility in Villers-Saint-Paul, France. Chemours’ investment builds on the existing efforts…

Olin and Mitsui start up electrochemical JV in Houston

Olin Corp. (Clayton, Mo.) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) announced that the Blue Water Alliance JV, LLP has received all necessary regulatory approvals and it is beginning operations. Announced in March 2022, Blue Water Alliance (BWA) is a joint…

BASF breaks ground on MDI capacity expansion project at Geismar site

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has broken ground on the third and final phase of the methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) expansion project at its Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana, announced in July 2022. The company will increase production capacity to approximately 600,000…

MATRIC acquired by AVN Corp.

AVN Corp. (South Charleston, W.V.) announced it has completed the transaction to acquire Mid-Atlantic Technology & Innovation Center (MATRIC), a strategic research and development (R&D) partner for companies in the chemicals and advanced software technologies industries. AVN acquired all of…

Lukoil announces sale of petrochemicals and refining business in Italy

PJSC Lukoil (Moscow, Russia) announced that Litasco S.A., a 100% subsidiary of Lukoil, and G.O.I. Energy Ltd. reached an agreement regarding the sale of ISAB S.r.L to G.O.I. ENERGY. The transaction is planned to be completed by the end of…

De Nora announces major ozone-plant project in Bahrain

De Nora S.p.A (Milan, Italy), a global provider in sustainable water treatment solutions, will join phase four of the Tubli Sewage Treatment Plant expansion, announcing plans for one of the largest public sector ozone plants to be built in the…

Samsung Engineering awarded contract for Ras Laffan Petrochemicals ethylene unit in Qatar

Samsung Engineering (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it was awarded a contract for an ethylene unit and its utilities for the Ras Laffan Petrochemicals Project (RLPP) in Qatar. The Letter of Award (LoA) of the petrochemical plant, which will be…

Phillips 66 to acquire all shares of DCP Midstream

Phillips 66 (Houston) and DCP Midstream, LP (Denver, Colo.) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Phillips 66 will acquire all of the publicly held common units representing limited partner interests in DCP Midstream for…

Fluor wins EPCM contract for gold-copper mining project in Greece

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) was selected by Hellas Gold Single Member S.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eldorado Gold Corp., to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for its Skouries gold-copper mining project located within the Halkidiki Peninsula of…