U.S. chemical manufacturers reported that persistent, and in some cases worsening, supply-chain problems had a detrimental impact on their operations. According to survey results released today by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), the impacts of supply chain…
Veolia has announced plans for its first electric-vehicle (EV) battery recycling facility in the U.K., which will have the capacity to process 20% of the U.K.’s end of life electric vehicle batteries by 2024. Many of the materials required for…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) is expanding its interests in biofuels that can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector, acquiring a 49.9% stake in Biojet AS, a Norwegian biofuels company that plans to convert forestry and wood-based construction…
Danish biotech company Biosyntia and Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) announced the signing of a contract to develop a large-scale production process for fermentation-based biotin. The long-term partnership aims to make fermentation-based biotin available for the full range of relevant…
SUEZ - Water Technologies & Solutions has been awarded a contract to design and build water treatment, wastewater recycle, and waste recovery systems for VinyThai Public Company Limited, a major market leader in manufacturing plastic and chemical products in Thailand.…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has signed a 15-year agreement with Suzano, a world leading eucalyptus pulp producer. Under the long-term agreement, Nouryon will commission its sustainable Integrated Manufacturing Model for the new Suzano eucalyptus pulp mill in the municipality of…
Technip Energies (Paris) and Sibur (Moscow, Russia) announced that the companies have signed a collaboration agreement to license a dedicated technology for the production of hexene-1 from ethylene. Hexene-1 is a comonomer of choice in the production of high-value specialty resins.…
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) has announced plans to construct the world’s largest plant exclusively for battery cathode materials by teaming up with Gumi City as it targets the rapidly growing battery market. The company announced on Jan. 11th…
Perstorp AB (Malmö, Sweden) has acquired GEO’s di-methylolpropionic Acid [DMPA] business, further emphasizing its commitment as the sustainable specialty solution provider within the resins and coatings segment. This acquisition further accentuates the company’s strategic presence in Polyurethane and Alkyds dispersions…
Honeywell announced that the Lanaz Company will use UOP modular naphtha hydrotreating and fixed-bed Platforming process units to upgrade its refinery in Iraq so it can produce more cleaner-burning transportation fuels. The project marks the first use of UOP modular…