Johnson Matthey plc and bp plc (Both London) have announced that their co-developed, ground-breaking Fischer Tropsch (FT) CANS technology and Johnson Matthey’s innovative reverse water gas shift technology, HyCOgen, have been selected for use by Aramco and Repsol at a…
Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) is expanding its membrane and filtration manufacturing capabilities in Ireland. The company will invest approximately €440 million to increase membrane manufacturing capacity in Carrigtwohill and to build a new manufacturing facility at Blarney Business Park, both…
Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) has secured a new multi-million-dollar contract to deliver engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) for Solvay's (Brussels, Belgium) new polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) site to be built in Tavaux, France. PVDF is a high-performance polymer and is…
Milliken & Company (Spartanburg, S.C.) will begin production at its new clarifier plant soon in Blacksburg, S.C. This significant additional capacity will address strong worldwide demand for clarified plastic products. The company, a global manufacturer with plastic additives and colorants…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) launched the production of Desmodur 15 prepolymers at its Spanish site of Barcelona. With this new production line, the company addresses the growing demand for its high-performance elastomers and can serve an ever wider range of very…
Circa Group (Oslo, Norway) and Valmet Oyj (Espoo, Finland) have signed a Heads of Agreement to realize and optimize the Furacell production process at scale through the ReSolute project and future large-scale plants. Valmet will be the main process technology…
Worley (North Sydney, Australia) has announced it has progressed to the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) phase of the development of Avantium’s flagship facility in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. Worley also completed the concept development and front-end engineering design of the…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has opened a new plant in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, thus doubling its production capacity for mortar and concrete admixtures in Bolivia. With this new facility in one of the country’s main industrial agglomerations, Sika…
Aspen Technology Inc. (Bedford, Mass.) announced the completion of its transaction with Emerson Electric Co. (St. Louis, Mo.), including the addition of Emerson’s OSI Inc. and Geological Simulation Software (GSS) businesses to AspenTech. As part of the close of the…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has expanded the production capacity for its antioxidant Irganox 1010 at its site on Jurong Island, Singapore, by integrating an additional production line into the existing production facilities. “By expanding our production capacity, we respond to…