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4/22/2020
Ineos and Plastic Energy to construct advanced recycling plant
Ineos (London; www.ineos.com) and Plastic Energy announced a collaboration on the construction of a new plant to convert waste plastic into raw materials to make new plastic. Production at the new facility would be targeted for the end of 2023. »
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Toyo Styrene licenses Agilyx recycling technology in Japan
Agilyx Corp. (Agilyx; Tigard, Ore.; www.agilyx.com) announced the licensing of its technology to Toyo Styrene Co., LTD (Toyo Styrene), an affiliate of Denka Company Ltd.  The site technology license agreement enables Toyo Styrene to deploy the Agilyx technology near Toyo Styrene's facility in Chiba. »
 
Linde starts up first phase of air-separation complex for Samsung in Pyeongtaek
Linde (Guildford, U.K.; www.linde.com) has started up a new air separation plant to supply industrial gases to Samsung Electronics' semiconductor facilities in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. The start-up completes the first phase of Linde's largest single electronics investment to build, own and operate several air separation units and hydrogen plants to support growing demand for Samsung's semiconductors. »
 
thyssenkrupp to build second polymer plant for KÖKSAN in Turkey
Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) has won a second order from the Turkish packaging producer KÖKSAN for a new polyethylene terephthalate (PET) production plant. The plant will be built in Gaziantep, Turkey, next to an existing production line erected by thyssenkrupp in 2013. Its construction will double the site's production capacity to 432,000 ton/yr of PET resin. »
 
Thaioil to use Topsoe emissions-control technology at Sriracha Refinery
Thai Oil Public Company Limited (Thaioil; www.thaioilgroup.com) has signed an agreement with Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) to license Topsoe’s SNOX solution to efficiently remove sulfur and nitrogen oxides and dust emissions from their Sriracha Refinery in the Chonburi province in the east of Thailand. »
 
Air Liquide to invest €200 million in Taiwan to support semiconductor manufacturers
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) will invest close to €200 million to build production capacities in the Science Parks of Tainan and Hsinchu, respectively located in the South and the North of Taiwan. Under a long-term commitment with a semiconductor market leader, this investment in new production capacity will allow the Group to supply three high volume semiconductor fabrication plants. »
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