Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) announced that its new naphtha cavern in Porvoo, Finland has now been safely commissioned as of October 2020. Having invested around EUR 25 million in the construction of this 80,000-m3 facility, Borealis can now source…
Lummus Technology, LLC (Houston) announced that its Novolen business has been awarded a contract by Hengyi Industries for a large-scale polypropylene unit in Brunei. Lummus' scope includes the technology license for 1,000,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) polypropylene unit, as well…
DuPont Clean Technologies (Wilmington, Del.) announced that the Stratco alkylation unit at the Sinopec Qilu refinery in Zibo, Shandong Province, China, successfully completed the performance test, certifying that the unit is meeting required performance guarantees. The Stratco alkylation unit at…
Anaven, a 50-50 joint venture (JV) of Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and Atul Ltd. (Valsad, India), has received environmental clearance from the Indian authorities for the production of 32,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of monochloroacetic acid (MCA) at its…
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London, U.K.) is expanding its fuel cell operations into China with a £7.5-million facility to manufacture critical components for customers in the region. The facility is now complete, with commissioning now in progress. JM expects the…
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Düsseldorf, Germany) and Carbon have announced a partnership agreement to collaborate for Loctite branded formulations validated for use with Carbon’s additive manufacturing process. As part of the collaboration the new Loctite 3D IND405 Clear material…
Frames Group B.V. (Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands) has supplied a 25-kW hydrogen electrolyzer to Plug Power, a leading provider of clean hydrogen and zero-emission fuel cell solutions. Working in collaboration with Plug Power, the Frames Electrolyzer design has…
NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced that it has agreed to sell its expandable styrenics business to a subsidiary of Alpek S.A.B. de C.V. (San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico). The parties expect to close the transaction in the fourth…
At Wanhua Yantai Industrial Park, in the Shandong province of China, SUEZ (Paris, France) will provide Wanhua Group, a global chemical company, with integrated wastewater treatment units and a full-process suite for the tertiary treatment of concentrated wastewater. The process…
Nippon Shokubai Ltd. (Osaka, Japan) has developed a novel superabsorbent polymer (SAP) with super-fast-drying absorption property, which could not be achieved in the past. Currently, the company is building a 15,000 ton/y plant at its Himeji Plant, and expects to…