Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden) announced the signing of a 1.1 billion SEK (102 million EUR) contract to supply Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) pre-treatment technology for Acelen's new biorefinery project in Brazil. The order will be fulfilled in phases until…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) announced a strategic methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) investment program to reinforce its global leadership position and strengthen long-term supply security for customers worldwide. The program includes preparations for a new MDI production train with 660,000 metric…
Voyageur Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Cochrane, Alta., Canada), a developer of pharmaceutical-grade barium and iodine contrast media for medical imaging, announced that it has engaged Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.), a leading global engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance firm, to complete comprehensive feasibility…
Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) announced that they intend to refocus the organizational structure of their Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) partnership for the next phase of market development. Following a strategic review, the companies have…
Air Liquide Karabatan Tech Gases LLP (ALKTG), a subsidiary of Air Liquide Munay Tech Gases (ALMTG), a joint venture between Air Liquide and KazMunayGaz NC, the Kazakhstan National Oil and Gas company, with 75% and 25% ownership, respectively, has signed…
Milliken & Company (Spartanburg, S.C.) has opened a new state of the art pilot plant facility in Pune, India, further strengthening its polymer solutions business and advancing its ability to accelerate innovation for customers worldwide. The facility is designed to…
Arkema S.A. (Paris) has successfully started up its 15% PVDF capacity expansion in North America. This capacity expansion in Calvert City, Kentucky, strengthens the Group’s leadership in PVDF. This investment of around 20 million US dollars will support the growing…
Resonac Corp. (Tokyo) announced that it will newly launch production of high-purity hydrogen fluoride (HF) gas at its Tokuyama Plant (Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan) within 2026. Combined with its existing production at the Kawasaki Plant (Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture,…
As part of strengthening its long-term raw material strategy, Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has developed a new solution to secure the methanol supply needed for producing a methionine precursor at its Wesseling site. The concept was implemented together with…
Root-case analysis investigations can be streamlined with artificial intelligence (AI), but only if it can be explained by human engineers Across the process industries, manufacturers are under pressure to improve reliability, efficiency and output while operating with leaner teams and…