Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is investing in the short-term expansion of its specialty lipids production which are essential for mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines. Commercial lipid quantities are to be produced at Evonik’s Hanau and Dossenheim sites in Germany as early…
DuPont Interconnect Solutions, a unit of DuPont Electronics & Industrial announced its $220 million expansion project at the Circleville, Ohio site is expected to be completed in the second half of 2021. The investment will expand production of Kapton polyimide film…
JERA Co., Inc. has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Malaysia’s national oil and natural gas company, concerning cooperation in the decarbonization sector. Against the backdrop of growing global demand for LNG…
Uniper SE (Düsseldorf, Germany) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are investigating the possibilities of large-scale production of green hydrogen at the Maasvlakte area in Rotterdam. The parties have the ambition to realize a hydrogen plant on the site of…
OCI Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea; www.oci.co.kr) and POSCO Chemical (Pohang-si, South, Korea; www.posco.com) held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new plant of P&O Chemical, the companies’ joint venture, at the National Industrial Complex in Taein-dong, Gwangyang-si, Jeollanam-do. The ceremony…
Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has decided to establish Sumika Polymer Compounds Poland Sp.z.o.o. (SPCP), a new production base in Poland, to further enhance its polypropylene (PP) compound business. SPCP will start commercial production in the spring of 2022. PP…
Abengoa (Seville, Spain) has completed the construction of the demonstration plant for the Grasshopper project, in which it participates and whose objective is the production of sustainable power using hydrogen fuel cells. As part of this project, a pilot plant…
Special chemicals group SNF Holding Company (Riceboro, Ga.) will invest $300 million in the U.S. in 2021-2022 for an additional 30,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of powder-grade polyacrylamide (PAM) and 100,000 m.t./yr of Acrylamide production at the company’s facility in…
Elkem (Oslo, Norway) has signed an agreement to acquire a brand-new plant near Lyon in France, custom-designed for producing highly specialized organo-functional silicones (OFS). The acquisition underpins Elkem’s strategy of growth and specialization. The purchase price is in the low…
Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) announced that Bostik has reinforced its presence in the fast-growing Brazilian construction adhesives market with the planned acquisition of Poliplas, a leader in hybrid-technology sealants and adhesives. This project is in line with Arkema’s targeted growth…