Airex Energy (Bécancour, Quebec, Canada), Groupe Rémabec, a Quebec-based forestry company and SUEZ Group (Paris) inaugurated Carbonity, Canada's first industrial-scale biochar plant, in Port-Cartier. Resulting from a partnership between the three companies, the plant will start with a production capacity…
Borealis Group (Vienna, Austria) and Borouge Plc have announced a significant expansion of their global capacity for cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) and semiconductive (semicon) compounds—supporting customers to deliver the power cables essential to distribution and transmission grids. By the end of…
Wood plc (Aberdeen, U.K.) has secured a contract from TA’ZIZ to provide project management consultancy (PMC) for the development of the U.A.E.’s first methanol production facility in Al Ruwais Industrial City, Abu Dhabi. Construction will be completed by 2028 and…
Elementis plc (London) has simultaneously signed and completed the sale of its Talc business to IMI Fabi S.p.A, a global talc manufacturer, for an enterprise value of $121 million, with net cash proceeds after transaction costs in the region of…
Borealis Group (Vienna, Austria) announced that its facility in Burghausen, Germany is significantly expanding production capacity for an innovative polymer-foam solution called Daploy High Melt Strength polypropylene (HMS PP). This investment—totaling over EUR 100 million—addresses growing global demand for recyclable,…
Syensqo S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) announced the completion of a significant compounding capacity expansion at its Changshu plant. This strategic initiative includes compounding lines for several products, such as Amodel® PPA, Ryton® PPS, Kalix® HPPA, Omnix® HPPA, and Ixef® PARA, which are widely used in…
On the latest episode of the Chemical Engineering podcast, senior editor Scott Jenkins discusses the digital transformation in the chemical process industries (CPI) with Jonathan Alexander, the manufacturing artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced analytics manager within Albemarle Corp.'s global manufacturing…
Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced that its Performance Products division has expanded its manufacturing site in Conroe, Texas to better serve the growing needs of its global customers in the semiconductor industry. Peter Huntsman, Chairman, President, and CEO of…
Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd. (Osaka, Japan) announced the completion of its dedicated pilot plant for super absorbent polymers (SAPs) at its Himeji Works (Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture). The company is developing new products SAP focused on environment and safety,…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) is responding to rising demand for high-quality specialty silicones in China by expanding its production capacities at its Zhangjiagang site. The Group held a ceremony to celebrate the mechanical completion of the facilities. Going forward,…