Plant Watch Celanese expands production capacities for acetic acid and VAE April 9, 2024 — Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) started up a new production unit for vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE) in Nanjing, China and completed several downstream debottlenecking projects…
Syensqo broke ground on its future battery-grade polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) facility in Augusta, Georgia. They were joined by Tom Perez, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, and by Giulia Siccardo, Director…
Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) announced that it has increased the capacity of its production facility in Mims, Florida, in response to growing demand for industrial gases in the region. Linde has expanded production capacity at Mims by 50%, following a…
SK Geo Centric has secured a new technology for producing “lactic acid,” the raw material for bio-based plastic PLA (Polylactic Acid), using a sustainable method that minimizes costs and chemical byproducts. The research team from SK Innovation’s Institute of Environmental…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) is opening a state-of-the-art facility in Lima, Peru, to produce synthetic macro fibers, and expanding the rollout of a product range with great growth potential in Latin America. With this innovative technology, Sika is further strengthening…
Mitsubishi Corp. (MC; Tokyo) and Denka Company Ltd. (Denka) have signed joint-venture (JV) agreement in the business of fullerenes, carbon molecules that form the base of cutting-edge materials in the field of nanotechnology. Under the terms of this agreement, Denka…
Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo) announced that it will construct an integrated plant in Ontario, Canada for the base film manufacturing and coating of Hipore wet-process lithium-ion battery (LIB) separator. In relation to this plant, Asahi Kasei has concluded a basic…
Cutting edge technologies for recycling mixed plastics are being developed, and carefully chosen control valves will be critical for process viability and success Since their introduction over a century ago, plastics have become a mainstay in all aspects of our…
Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) has signed two agreements with Guangdong Zhongnan Iron & Steel, a member of the China Baowu Steel Group Corporation, one of the world's largest steel enterprises. Linde has signed an agreement to de-captivate an air separation…
The Lubrizol Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) announced a $20-million investment to its plant in Gastonia, North Carolina, to enhance production of innovative acrylic emulsions. Dating back to the 1950s, Lubrizol has a long history of innovating and manufacturing acrylic emulsion technologies…