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Chevron and Brightmark form JV for dairy biomethane projects

Brightmark LLC (San Francisco, Calif.) and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.) announced the formation of a joint venture, Brightmark RNG Holdings LLC, to own projects across the United States to produce and market dairy biomethane, a renewable natural gas…

MilliporeSigma launches membrane-manufacturing facility in Darmstadt

MilliporeSigma (Burlington, Mass.) celebrated the topping-out ceremony for its new membrane production plant in Darmstadt, Germany. With the new facility, the company plans to expand manufacturing of Millipore Express membranes, which are critical components in Millipore Express filters and help…

Honeywell acquires thermal-management specialist Rocky Research

  Honeywell has acquired privately held Rocky Research, a Boulder City, Nevada-based technology leader specializing in thermal, energy and power management solutions. This acquisition expands Honeywell's existing, broad portfolio, which includes power generation systems, energy storage, and power and thermal…

Covestro launches new polycarbonate films line in Thailand

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has launched a new production line for polycarbonate (PC) films in the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Thailand. With the new capacity, the company aims to meet the rapidly growing demand in the Asia-Pacific region…

Lummus Novolen awarded contract for Lukoil Burgas PP unit

Lummus Technology, LLC (Houston) announced that its Novolen business has been awarded a contract by Lukoil Burgas for a petrochemical facility in Bulgaria. Lummus' scope includes the technology license for a 280,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) polypropylene (PP) unit…

Vopak and Chandra Asri form infrastructure JV

PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (Chandra Asri; Jakarta, Indonesia) and Royal Vopak (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to set up a joint venture company for collaboration in the industrial infrastructure business in Cilegon, Banten Province,…

Sika commissions mortar plant in Chengdu

With the commissioning of a new production facility in Chengdu, China, Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has further expanded its capacity in the rapidly growing mortar market in China. In addition to profiting from the strong demand, Sika can also benefit…

Mitsui Chemicals acquires Cotec GmbH

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that group company SDC Technologies, Inc. has acquired Cotec GmbH. Engaged in the manufacture, sale and research of hydrophobic and anti-reflective coatings, Cotec officially became a wholly owned subsidiary of SDC on October 1,…

Lummus wins ethylene furnace contract in Uzbekistan

Lummus Technology, LLC (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Enter Engineering Pte. Ltd. for the Shurtan Gas Chemical Complex in Uzbekistan. Lummus' scope includes the design and supply of four proprietary Short Residence Time (SRT) VI…

AkzoNobel to build new powder-coatings plant in Taiwan

AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced that it is building a new powder coatings plant in Chungli, Taiwan. The fully automated plant, which represents a €20-million investment, will have the increased production capacity to fulfill growing demand in the architecture, auto…