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Zeon completes new research facility for bio-based butadiene and isoprene

Zeon Corp. (Tokyo) has constructed a new research facility on the premises of Zeon Chemicals Yonezawa Co., Ltd. in Japan to develop production processes for plant‐derived raw materials. This facility will accelerate the development of biotechnology to produce butadiene and…

Honeywell completes Sundyne acquisition

Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced the completion of its acquisition of Sundyne (Arvada, Colo.) from private equity firm Warburg Pincus for $2.16 billion in an all-cash transaction. The acquisition of Sundyne—a leader in the design, manufacturing, and aftermarket support…

Toray begins operations at water technology center in Saudi Arabia

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that Toray Membrane Middle East LLC (TMME) began operations at its Middle East Water Treatment Technical Center (MEWTEC) in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, in April. The new facility provides integrated technology services, covering everything from membranes…

Kemira to expand production capacity for sodium borohydride

Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) has made an investment decision to expand the sodium borohydride (SBH) powder production capacity at its Äetsä site in Finland. The scope of this investment includes a new production line and some additional process safety improvements…

INEOS begins plastic production using recycled feedstock in France

INEOS Ltd. (London, U.K.) announced that INEOS Olefins & Polymers in Lavera, Southern France, has received the first deliveries of feedstock made from recycling plastic waste. This product, called pyrolysis oil, will be used to manufacture recycled polymers, helping its…

BASF starts up world-scale hexamethylenediamine plant in France

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has announced the successful startup of its new world-scale hexamethylenediamine (HMD) plant in Chalampé, France, construction of which began in 2022. The plant increases BASF’s HMD production capacity to 260,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). “This…

Jinggong Group and Yokogawa sign strategic partnership for manufacturing optimization, energy management and others

Jinggong Holding Group Co., Ltd. (Shaoxing, China; www.jsjggj.com), a Chinese industrial conglomerate, and Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Tokyo, Japan, www.yokogawa.com), a leader in industrial control and automation, announce that they have signed a strategic partnership agreement to explore the possibility of…

Uncertainty emerges as economic headwind for businesses and consumers, ACC mid-year report says

In a mid-year report on economic conditions, the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) said that "uncertainty has emerged as an economic headwind to businesses and consumers," and "near-term weakness in manufacturing activity is expected amid supply chain disruptions,…

Syensqo inaugurates its state-of-the-art microbiology laboratory in France

      Syensqo (Brussels, Belgium; www.syensqo.com), a global leader in advanced materials and specialty chemicals, is proud to announce the inauguration of its world class cutting-edge microbiology, (eco-)toxicology and biotechnology laboratories in Lyon, France. This new facility is the…

Chevron Lummus Global and Neste advance partnership to convert lignocellulosic waste to renewable fuel

  Chevron Lummus Global (CLG; Houston, Tex.; www.chevronlummus.com) and Neste (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com), the world's leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel, announced their progress in developing new technology for converting lignocellulosic biomass into high-quality, lower-emission renewable fuels.…