Global industrial gas supplier Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) recently announced that its new air-separation unit (ASU) facility in Cleveland, Ohio is onstream and supplying customers. Air Products built, owns and operates the new facility, which includes liquid production…
Thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) has successfully delivered and commissioned its proprietary EnviNOx technology to Covestro’s Baytown, Texas, facility. The advanced emission control system plays a central role in Covestro’s Nitric Acid Unit Climate Initiative (NAUCI), equating to an annual…
Norwegian steel firm Blastr Green Steel (Blastr) announced that Ecolab Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.) has come onboard as a new strategic investor in its latest round of financing, aiming to collaborate on best-in-class water systems at its flagship ultra-low CO2…
Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its North Charleston crude tall oil (CTO) refinery assets and the majority of its Performance Chemicals Industrial Specialties product line to Mainstream Pine Products, LLC…
Borealis Group (Vienna, Austria) has announced a major investment at its production location in Schwechat, Austria. The new polypropylene (PP) compounding line is expected to begin operations in the second half of 2026. Polymer compounding is the process of blending…
Linde (Dublin, Ireland; www.linde.com) yesterday announced it has completed its acquisition of Airtec (www.airtecgulf.com), one of the largest industrial gases companies in the Middle East. Linde previously owned a 49% stake in Airtec and through this transaction has increased its…
Nuada’s (Newtownabbey, U.K.; www.nuadaco2.com) next-generation carbon capture solution is now operational at enfinium’s (West Yorkshire, U.K.; www.enfinium.co.uk) Ferrybridge-1 energy from waste (EfW) facility in West Yorkshire. The successful commissioning of the pilot plant marks the start of a collaboration between…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is bundling its infrastructure activities of the Marl and Wesseling chemical parks in a joint unit. The new company is called SYNEQT GmbH and is scheduled to start operations on January 1, 2026. With around…
Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo) announced that Portuguese chemical manufacturer Bondalti Chemicals has successfully started operation of its state-of-the-art chlor-alkali production facility in Estarreja, Portugal. Constructed by German engineering company CAC Engineering and using Asahi Kasei’s state-of-the-art chlor-alkali electrolysis technology, the…
Clariant Oil Services (Houston, Tex.; www.clariant.com), a leading producer and supplier of specialty oilfield production chemicals and services to the oil and gas industry, has expanded its commitment to Norwegian oil and gas customers with a new bulk storage…