TPC Group (Houston) announced the successful startup of the second phase of its terminal operations as part of a three-phased start-up process to serve current and future customers and supplier needs. This phase of the terminal project successfully started with…
Braskem S.A. (Philadelphia, Pa.) is expanding its production capacity of green ethylene, the main feedstock derived from sugarcane ethanol, which is used in the production of renewable resins. These materials can therefore claim to capture CO2, a greenhouse gas. This…
Röhm GmbH (Darmstadt Germany), OQ (Oman) and OQ Chemicals have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate the construction of a new production plant for methyl methacrylate (MMA) on OQ’s site in Bay City, Texas. In this plant, a…
DuPont Clean Technologies announced that it has signed a contract with ISAB S.r.l. (ISAB, wholly owned by LUKOIL) to revamp the refinery’s existing trickle-bed diesel hydrotreater at the Priolo Refinery in Siracusa, Italy with the IsoTherming Hydroprocessing Technology. ISAB commissioned DuPont…
Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) announced that it will invest to further increase its fluoropolymer production capacities in Changshu, China by 35% in 2022. Simultaneously, the company celebrates the first ten years of successful PVDF production at the Changshu site. The…
Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has concluded an agreement with Kazan Organichesky Sintez (KOS), in the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation, to license out its high-pressure production process for low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) to boost…
INOX Air Products (INOXAP), Air Products’ India joint venture company, has laid out massive expansion plans of INR 2000 Crores to build eight new Air Separation Units (ASUs) across the country. This will be India's largest Greenfield investment plan ever…
Stamicarbon BV (Sittard, the Netherlands), the innovation and license company of Maire Tecnimont Group (Rome, Italy) and Henan Xinlianxin Chemicals Group Co. Ltd. in China, have signed licensing and equipment supply contracts for a second ultra-low energy grass root urea…
Danieli, Leonardo and Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) have signed a framework agreement to work together on projects both in Italy - particularly in the South - and abroad, for the sustainable conversion of energy-intensive primary plants in the…
Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.) announced that it will add caprolactone polyol production capabilities at its facility in DeRidder, Louisiana. Global demand for its Capa suite of caprolactone technologies primarily for industrial equipment, adhesives, coatings, and automotive applications is increasing.…