Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) and ETB Global B.V. (ETB) have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on the development of purified bio-based 1,3-butadiene. This will see the two companies combine their respective technology and process expertise to accelerate the development…
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Shandong Yulong Petrochemical Co. Ltd will use the LyondellBasell Lupotech T high-pressure polyethylene (PE) technology in two separate production lines at a new facility. The process technology will be used for a…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has agreed to acquire Hamatite, the adhesives business of The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. Hamatite is a market leader in Japan, offering adhesives and sealants to the automotive and construction industries. The acquisition will significantly strengthen…
Bloom Energy (San Jose, Calif.) announced that, in collaboration with its Korean partner, SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea), an affiliate of SK Group, it has successfully deployed 100 kilowatts of solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFC) powered solely…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has received a contract from SAPREF for its Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Regenerator project at Durban, South Africa. Under the contract, KBR will implement its proprietary Catalyst Regeneration technology that will allow SAPREF to…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and Atul successfully started production at Anaven, a new joint venture in Gujarat, India, that will help meet the rapidly growing demand in India’s agricultural, personal care and pharmaceutical markets. Anaven is India’s largest monochloroacetic acid…
RWE Renewables GmbH announced that its project partners GASCADE, Gasunie and Shell signed a declaration of intent to further intensify their collaboration on the AquaDuctus project. The AquaDuctus pipeline will transport green hydrogen from the North Sea directly to the…
Acron, one of the world’s largest producers of compound fertilizers based in Russia, and Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) completed the ammonia unit revamp project and successfully passed guarantee test runs to confirm the capacity of 2500 metric tons per…
Honeywell announced that Anchorage Investments Ltd. will use Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex technology to produce 750,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of polymer-grade propylene for its new Anchor Benitoite petrochemicals complex in Suez, Egypt, near the southern terminus of the Suez…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a master licensor contract by PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim for its ethylbenzene, styrene monomer, ethylene dimerization and olefins conversion technologies. These four plants will be part of the expansion of an olefins production facility…