Kraton Corp. (Houston) announced an expansion project for its hydrogenated styrenic block copolymers (HSBC) Joint Venture (JV) manufacturing facility in Mailiao, Taiwan. The HSBC JV plant is held between Kraton and Formosa Petrochemical Corp. This project will increase the capacity…
Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) and Quantafuel ASA (Oslo, Norway) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in the industrialisation and construction of waste plastics chemical recycling plants based on Quantafuel technology. This MoU positions Saipem to…
Syzygy Plasmonics, LOTTE Chemical and LOTTE Fine Chemical (LOTTE Chemical HQ), and Sumitomo Corp. of Americas (SCOA) announced a joint development agreement today to test a fully electric chemical reactor for clean hydrogen production. The reactor will be installed and…
McDermott International, Inc. (Houston) has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract from Viva Energy Australia as part of its Geelong Refinery project to provide additional desulfurization capabilities. The award follows the successful completion of the Pre-FEED activity and…
Henkel Korea has announced the completion of its state-of-the-art Songdo Plant within the Songdo High-tech Industrial Cluster in Incheon, which will become the Asia-Pacific production hub for high-impact electronics solutions of the Adhesive Technologies business unit. Henkel Korea signed a…
Worley (North Sydney, Australia) has been awarded a project management services contract by Vertex Hydrogen for its low-carbon hydrogen production plant at Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port. The 350 MW plant is the first in the U.K. to have…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has started producing fuel performance additives at its Pudong site in Shanghai, China. The new plant addresses the increasing regional demand for fuel performance additives and brings greater supply security and flexibility to customers in Asia.…
INEOS Phenol has today announced that it has agreed to acquire the entire asset base of Mitsui Phenols Singapore Ltd from Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) for a total consideration of $330 million. The business has a turnover of $750 million…
Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) has announced that SK E&S and SK Plug Hyverse will work with Korea Southeast Power Generation (KOEN) to cooperate with green hydrogen and green ammonia projects based on renewable energy resources at home and abroad.…
ABB, Inc. (Zurich, Switzerland) and Hydrogen Optimized Inc. (HOI), a Canadian green hydrogen firm, have signed an agreement to expand the companies' existing strategic relationship. This includes an investment by ABB into Key DH Technologies Inc. (KEY), the parent company…