CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Formosa Chemicals and Fibre Corp. for the license and engineering design of a cumene and phenol plant expansion in Ningbo, China. The original plant was licensed…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium; www.umicore.com) announced an investment program of €300 million between 2017 and 2019 to further increase its production of NMC (nickel-manganese-cobalt) cathode materials for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. NMC is the preferred cathode material technology for rechargeable batteries used…
Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.huntsman.com) announced that Venator Materials, a wholly owned subsidiary of Huntsman, has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) for a proposed initial public offering…
Atlas Copco AB (Stockholm, Sweden; www.atlascopcogroup.com) has won several recent orders from Hindustan Zinc in India for equipment that will make the mining company’s operations take a leap forward in efficiency and become more digitalized. Hindustan Zinc, a longtime customer…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Essentium Materials LLC (College Station, Tex.; www.essentiummaterials.com) are teaming up to enable the creation of more robust parts for use in plastic 3D printing mass production leveraging fused filament fabrication (FFF) technology, one of…
Amyris, Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.; www.amyris.com) and Royal DSM (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com) announced that they have agreed for DSM to make an initial equity investment in Amyris of $25 million, translating into a shareholding of ~12%. At the same time,…
Honeywell UOP announced that it has signed an agreement with the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Co. (JPRC) to facilitate a $1.6-billion expansion of its refinery in Zarqa, Jordan. This expansion will increase the capacity of the facility to 120,000 barrels per…
Solenis (Wilmington, Del.; www.solenis.com) announced the opening of its new technology center in Paulínia, São Paulo, Brazil. Housed in approximately 1,000 square meters, the new research and development facility, known as the Paulínia Technology Center (PTC), will manage the region’s customer…
Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) and Borouge (Abu Dhabi, UAE; wwwborouge.com) announced the launch of Quentys, the new umbrella brand created to empower and potentially revolutionise the solar energy industry by making applications more affordable, reliable, and durable. Borealis and…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has appointed a new head of Corporate Development. Dr. Jens-Christian Blad (39) will assume responsibility for the group function by September 1, 2017, at the latest. Blad studied chemistry in Kiel, obtained his doctorate in…