Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) plans to construct a manufacturing facility for cathode active battery materials (CAM) and their precursor materials (pCAM) in Ontario, Canada. For Umicore this investment represents the final step in establishing a truly global production presence with…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) has invested in first biomethane production unit in China, wihic is expected to begin operation by the end of 2022. Located in Huai’an City, in the Jiangsu Province, the unit will have a production capacity of…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) completed the installation and start-up of a new acrylic dispersions production line in Dahej, India, serving the coatings, construction, adhesives and paper industries for the South Asian markets. BASF began production of polymer dispersions in Dahej,…
AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced a €20-million investment to increase and improve production at two of its sites in France. A total of €15 million will be spent on the company’s aerospace coatings facility in Pamiers, which was taken…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for May 2022 (most recent available) is once again higher than the previous month’s value, continuing the string of monthly increases that has been observed since autumn 2020. In May…
Today, Atotech (Berlin, Germany; www.atotech.com), a leading specialty chemicals technology company and a market leader in advanced electroplating solutions, celebrated the inauguration of its new production site in Querétaro, Mexico. The site is located at Parque Industrial Aeropuerto (PIA) Colón…
Koch Engineered Solutions (Wichita, Kan.; www.kochengineeredsolutions.com) announced July 11 that its affiliate company, Optimized Process Designs (OPD), executed a definitive engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement with Fidelis New Energy LLC (Houston; www.fidelisinfra.com) for the primary renewable fuels processing facility…
Shell Chemicals Park Moerdijk, a subsidiary of Shell plc (London, U.K.; www.shell.com), today announced a new investment that supports its plan to transition the chemicals park into a site able to supply more low-carbon products and products made using recycled…
Nexus Circular LLC (Atlanta, Ga.; www.nexuscircular.com) and Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br) today announced that they have signed a detailed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to secure the production output from a new advanced recycling facility planned near Chicago, Ill. …
W. R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com) a global leader in specialty silica and fine chemicals, today announced it is proceeding with an expansion of its contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) facility in South Haven, Mich. The expansion will…