W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com) has granted a license that allows PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk. (CAP) to expand its existing UNIPOL PP (polypropylene) plant. The world-scale capacity of this UNIPOL PP facility, located in Ciwandan, Indonesia, will be…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.the-linde-group.com) and Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) have concluded an exclusive cooperation agreement on the use of membranes for natural gas processing. The two companies will jointly promote membrane technology – Evonik on the…
Bio-on (Bologna, Italy; www.bio-on.it) has inaugurated its first plant designed to produce 100% natural and biodegradable special polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) bioplastics for high added-value niche markets, such as the microbeads used in the cosmetics sector. "We are extremely proud," explains Bio-on…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) opened their new facilities based in Clinton, Oklahoma serving the company's Oil Services group. The site, for which Clariant has made a significant investment, is a strategic location to support the growing oil and gas industry…
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) has entered into an agreement to acquire Austin, Texas-based Austemper Design Systems Inc., a startup software company that offers analysis, auto-correction and simulation technology. This technology allows customers to test and harden IC designs for…
Albemarle Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.; www.albemarle.com) announced that it has signed a Heads of Agreement in the field of heavy feedstock hydrocracking for the company's catalysts business unit. Sinopec Catalyst Co. (SCC), Sinopec Fushun Research Institute of Petroleum and Petrochemicals (FRIPP),…
A joint development project between Henkel (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.henkel.com), packaging manufacturer Mondi, plastics manufacturer Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) and the recycling technology company APK aims to significantly improve the sustainability of plastic multi-layer flexible packaging. “APK AG, based in…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with the Sweden-based mining company Boliden on the design and delivery of an absorption section to be built for the sulfuric acid plant at the Rönnskär smelter. The order has been booked in…
Archer Daniels Midland Company (Chicago, Ill.; www.adm.com) and DuPont Industrial Biosciences announced a collaboration to develop, produce and market cellulase enzymes for operators of grain-based ethanol plants. Cellulase enzymes assist in hydrolyzing the corn kernel fiber, which consists mostly of…
Axens (Rueill-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) announced that it has signed a contract with MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary; www.molgroup.info) for its Danube Refinery to develop a cloud-based real-time monitoring unit as part of Connect‘In, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), developed by Axens and supported…