The Lenzing Group (Lenzing, Austria) has made significant technical improvements to its Purwakarta site in Indonesia (PT. South Pacific Viscose). Lenzing has invested more than EUR 100 million since 2021 to convert existing production capacity to specialty viscose. With the…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) and FRX Innovations (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), a leading global developer and manufacturer of environmentally sustainable polymeric flame-retardant additives, have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding covering: the evaluation of a contract manufacturing, by LANXESS,…
De Nora S.p.A (Milan, Italy) has been selected by leading Italian EPC contractor Saipem, through its subsidiary Servizi Energia Italia S.p.A, to provide its on-site hypochlorite generation technology for biofouling control at a major offshore gas production compression complex in the…
Monarch Energy announced it is exploring building a $426 million facility in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. The company estimates the proposed facility would employ a carbon-free process to manufacture 120,000 kilograms of hydrogen per day to be sold as a “green”…
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it is spending 124.6 billion won ($94.1 million) over the next two years to expand its manufacturing facility for its key filter membrane product used in water desalination. The facility, located in…
Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has achieved success in pioneering a new production technology for ultra-fine α-alumina, set to start mass production from September this year with its recently established manufacturing capabilities at its Ehime Works in Japan. Collaborating with…
LyondellBasell Industries NV (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Jiangsu Fenghai High-Tech Materials Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Fenghai) has selected the LyondellBasell Lupotech T high-pressure polyethylene technology for a new production site. The Lupotech T process technology will be used for a…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced a definitive agreement to sell an 80.1% ownership interest in the Delrin acetal homopolymer (H-POM) business to TJC LP (TJC) in a transaction valuing the business at $1.8 billion. TJC has received fully committed financing in…
thyssenkrupp Uhde (Dortmund, Germany) has been selected by Grupa Azoty S.A. (Tarnów, Poland) to supply a new ammonium nitrate neutralization plant. Grupa Azoty S.A. is a key player on the European fertilizer and chemicals market and the second largest EU-based…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.) announced a definitive agreement to acquire FLEXIM Flexible Industriemeßtechnik GmbH (Berlin, Germany), a global leader in clamp-on ultrasonic flow measurement for liquids, gases and steam. Flexim brings highly differentiated, complementary technology and strong customer relationships to…