Cariflex Pte. Ltd. (Singapore), a wholly owned subsidiary of DL Chemical Co., Ltd. (DL Chemical), officially inaugurated its new polyisoprene latex plant at Jurong Island, Singapore. With an investment of US$355 million, the plant is the largest of its kind…
Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) has commenced production of hybrid polymers at its Nünchritz site in Germany. The new production facility is currently undergoing ramp-up. Hybrid polymers serve as binders for high-quality adhesives and sealants and are extremely popular because…
Syensqo S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) announced a capital investment to expand Ryton PPS (polyphenylene sulfide) compounding capability at the Augusta manufacturing site in Georgia, U.S. Last year, Syensqo initiated a major investment at the Augusta site related to PVDF production. The…
Fujifilm Corp. (Tokyo) announced the introduction of an electric boiler system at the facilities of Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe B.V in the Netherlands, which primarily engages in the production of photographic materials and cell culture media. Installing the electric boiler system…
Svante Technologies Inc. (Burnaby, B.C., Canada) officially completed the commissioning of its new Centre of Excellence for Carbon Capture and Removal – Redwood manufacturing Facility (Redwood) in Burnaby, British Columbia. This milestone marks the launch of the world's first gigafactory…
Veolia, through its Water Technologies & Solutions business unit, has earned a $34-million contract to supply biogas upgrading technology for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s (SFPUC) Southeast Treatment Plant. Built in 1952, this crucial facility is undergoing a $3-billion…
Ecolab Life Sciences has officially opened its new US Bioprocessing Applications Laboratory in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. The new facility is designed to support biopharma customers with applications and process development for the purification of biotherapeutic molecules, providing comprehensive technical…
Rio Tinto plc (London) and SSumitomo Metal Mining Co. (SMM) have signed the final joint venture (JV) agreements to deliver the Winu copper-gold project, located in the Great Sandy Desert region of Western Australia. The final joint venture agreements were…
LanzaJet, Inc (LanzaJet) and BioD announced the launch of a feasibility study to develop the first Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production plant in Colombia, setting a milestone as one of the pioneering SAF production initiatives in the Latin American region.…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) will expand its production of homogeneous catalysts at its site in Catoosa, Oklahoma, U.S. This expansion will secure supplies at multi-ton levels from both Europe and the U.S. to meet long-term partnership agreements with leading companies…