Chemical Engineering
Merck expands lipids production to support BioNTech vaccine manufacturing
Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) and BioNTech are further expanding their strategic partnership. Merck, in close collaboration with BioNTech, will significantly accelerate the supply of urgently needed lipids and increase the amount of lipid delivery towards the end of 2021. The…
Air Liquide to construct new ASU to supply BASF’s Schwarzheide battery-materials plant
Air Liquide (Paris) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) have signed a new long-term contract for the supply of oxygen and nitrogen to one of BASF’s largest and most innovative European sites, located in Schwarzheide, Germany. Air Liquide will invest around…
Covestro plans new plants for polyurethane dispersions and polyester resins
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) is planning a new production facility for polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) at the Covestro Integrated Site in Shanghai, China (CISS) to address the rising demand for environmentally compatible coatings and adhesives in the Asia-Pacific region. A further…
McDermott wins EPC contract for green-hydrogen facility in New Jersey
McDermott International, Ltd. (Houston) announced that its CB&I Storage Solutions business has been awarded a contract by New Jersey Natural Gas for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a power-to-gas facility in Howell, New Jersey. The facility will use…
Borealis begins activities related to divesting its nitrogen business
Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) has decided to start a process divesting its nitrogen business unit including fertilizer, technical nitrogen and melamine products. Such a divestment would be subject to information and consultation requirements with employee representatives as may be…
Air Liquide to construct new high-purity N2 facilities in China
Air Liquide China will build new production facilities in Mianyang City (100 km Northwest of Chengdu), Sichuan Province and Chongqing City. These will supply BOE, the world’s leading company in flat-panel displays and an IoT company, in the context of…
Linde and Hyosung partner to develop hydrogen infrastructure in South Korea
Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) announced today it has partnered with Hyosung Corporation (Hyosung), one of South Korea's largest industrial conglomerates, to build, own and operate extensive new liquid hydrogen infrastructure in South Korea. This robust hydrogen network will support the…
Bilfinger and Umincorp sign letter of intent for plastic recycling facilities
Industrial services provider Bilfinger SE (Mannheim, Germany) and recycling tech company Umincorp have signed a letter of intent for a long-term EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) partnership. The aim is to jointly realize several plastic recycling facilities based on Umincorp’s…
Versalis licenses LDPE-EVA technology for gas-to-chemicals project in Uzbekistan
Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese), the chemical company of Italian energy major Eni, has licensed to Enter Engineering Pte. Ltd. a Low-Density Polyethylene/Ethyl Vinyl Acetate (LDPE/EVA) swing unit to be built as part of a new Gas-to-Chemical Complex based on…
Lotte Chemical expands production capacity for ethylene oxide adduct
Lotte Chemical Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) expanded the production line for EOA (Ethylene Oxide Adduct), a specialty material for architecture, within its Yeosu Factory. EOA, produced based on ethylene, is an ingredient for concrete water-reducing agent that is used for…