SunPower Corp. (www.sunpower.com), a majority-owned subsidiary of Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.total.com) announced that an 8-megawatt SunPower Oasis Power Plant was recently completed and is now operating at Total's La Mède petroleum refinery in Châteauneuf-les-Martigues, France. "Total Solar is proud…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) officially opened its new masterbatch production site in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. The site is owned by Clariant Masterbatches Saudi Arabia, a joint venture between Clariant and Rowad, a leading plastic products manufacturer in the Middle East…
Hexagon PPM (Huntsville, Ala.; www.hexagonppm.com) announces the acquisition of Industrial Business Solutions, Inc. (IBS), a Utah-based owner and developer of ContinuumEdge software, a one-of-a-kind enterprise platform to enable digital project execution. IBS’ core product, ContinuumEdge (CE), is a cloud software…
Royal Dutch Shell plc (The Hague, the Netherlands; www.shell.com) and ITM Power will build the world’s largest hydrogen electrolysis plant at Rheinland refinery, Germany. With a peak capacity of 10 megawatts, the hydrogen will be used for the processing and…
The preliminary value for the November CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) decreased compared to the previous month’s value, reversing an upward trend over the past four months. In addition, the final value for the October CEPCI was…
The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) reported that U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes gained 0.9 percent in December, ending the year on a strong note. All changes in the data are reported on a three-month moving average (3MMA)…
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) completed a project to expand its industrial facility in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, and increased production capacity by around 15 percent.This investment in the expansion of the plant was made to strengthen the group's ability to serve industrial…
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) is investing more than €12 million to expand production capacity and upgrade its organic peroxides facility in Los Reyes, Mexico. Organic peroxides are essential ingredients in the manufacturing of a wide range of…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has expanded its longterm hydrogen supply agreement with Motiva Enterprises LLC. Under this new agreement, Praxair will increase the amount of hydrogen it supplies to Motiva’s approximately 600,000 barrel per day refinery in Port Arthur,…
Indorama Ventures Public Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand; www.indorama.net) Huvis Corp. (HC) of South Korea announced their intention to establish a 50:50 joint venture for the development, construction and operation of a Low Melting Fiber (LMF) plant in the US. The…