BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) will build a commercial scale battery-recycling black-mass plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. This investment strengthens BASF’s cathode active materials (CAM) production and recycling hub in Schwarzheide. The site is an ideal location for the build-up of battery…
Fashion and textile technology company Infinited Fiber Co. (Espoo, Finland) plans to build a commercial-scale factory to produce regenerated textile fiber for the world’s leading apparel companies at the site of renewable materials company Stora Enso’s closed Veitsiluoto paper mill…
Sasol Chemicals, a business unit of Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa), and LOTTE Chemical (Seoul, South Korea) have agreed to conduct a pre-feasibility study of a joint project to build, own and operate a plant to produce battery-grade electrolyte solvents,…
As demand for nylon 6,6 materials continues to grow, INVISTA’s polymer business, INV Nylon Polymer Americas, LLC, has made the decision to undertake a significant investment in its U.S. facility in South Carolina. The investment will transform the facility’s production…
SK Geo Centric (Seoul, South Korea), Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) and Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) are cooperating to enable the production of a major polyurethane raw material based on renewable raw materials via mass balance. The cooperation will see Neste…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Houston) announced a unique process technology to enable the manufacture of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from renewable methanol. “ExxonMobil is advancing integrated solutions to extend our Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) and Hydrogen capabilities to support the decarbonization…
BASF Shanshan Battery Materials Co., Ltd. (BSBM), a BASF majority-owned company in China (BASF 51%; Shanshan 49%), is expanding its battery materials capacity in Changsha, Hunan Province, and Shuizuishan, Ningxia Province, to meet the fast-growing local and global demands of…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) and Veolia Wasser Deutschland announced their collaboration in the full-scale technology assessment of the new phosphorus recovery technology called ViviMag. ViviMag is a patented technology to recover phosphorus and other valuable resources, such as iron, from…
Genomatica, Inc. (Geno; San Diego, Calif.) and Unilever (London) have launched a venture to scale and commercialize alternatives to palm oil and fossil fuel-derived cleansing ingredients. These are integral to the formulations of thousands of everyday cleaning and personal care…
PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) recently signed an agreement with its joint venture (JV) company, BASF PETRONAS Chemicals Sdn Bhd (BPC), to acquire the 113,000-metric-ton/yr maleic anhydride (MAn) plant located in Gebeng, Kuantan. The MAn plant was…