Chemical Engineering
Teijin Automotive Technologies starts up composites plant in China
Teijin Automotive Technologies, the core company of the Teijin Group's automotive composites business, announced that it has begun commercial operation of a new composites manufacturing facility in the Wujin National Hi-Tech Industrial Zone based in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, China. The…
BASF announces startup of new 2-mercaptoethanol plant
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced that its new production plant for the intermediate 2-mercaptoethanol (2-ME) at the Ludwigshafen Verbund site started regular operations in the fourth quarter of 2021. After a trial run of several months, it replaces the previous…
Technip Energies awarded EPCC contract for new Petronas melamine plant
Technip Energies (Paris), as leader of a consortium with Dialog E&C Sdn. Bhd., has been awarded a significant Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) contract by PETRONAS Chemicals Fertiliser Kedah Sdn. Bhd., (PC FK), a wholly-owned subsidiary of PETRONAS Chemicals…
UOP Isoalky technology selected by Turkish refiner Tüpras
Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.) announced that Tüpras has selected ISOALKY technology to produce high-quality alkylate at Tüpraş refineries, making the Turkish company the latest to convert to the new liquid alkylation process to meet the demands for cleaner-burning fuels.…
Toyo awarded EPC contract for new polyacetal plant in China
A wholly owned subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) in China has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to construct a polyacetal (POM) plant in Nantong, China from a newly established Chinese subsidiary of Polyplastics Co., Ltd.…
Samsung Engineering awarded €1-billion contract for Baltic Chemical Complex ethane cracker
Samsung Engineering Co. (Seoul, South Korea) signed a €1-billion contract with China National Chemical Engineering & Construction Corporation Seven, Ltd. (CC7), a Chinese state-owned construction company, for the engineering and procurement (EP) for the Ethane Cracker in Gas to Chemicals…
Saint-Gobain divests glass processing business in Estonia
Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) has entered into an agreement for the sale of its regional glass processing business Baltiklaas OÜ in Estonia to Polar Glass OÜ, a subsidiary of Barrus AS, the largest glued laminated timber manufacturer in Estonia and supplier…
Mitsui Chemicals to increase production of meltblown nonwovens
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) announced plans to expand its production facilities for meltblown nonwovens at its wholly owned subsidiary Sunrex Industry Co., Ltd. The move comes as an effort to respond to growing demand for industrial-use meltblown nonwovens, which will…
Kaneka to expand production capacity for biodegradable biopolymer
Kaneka Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) plans to significantly increase production capacity for its biodegradable polymer product, Green Planet, in Japan. Green Planet holds promise as an innovative solution against environmental harm caused by single-use plastics due to its biodegradable characteristics, while…
PPG to acquire Milan-based powder coatings business
PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the powder coatings business of Arsonsisi, an industrial coatings company based in Milan, Italy. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022, subject…