BASF (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd will expand the production capacity of its Ultramid polyamide (PA) and Ultradur polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) product by 5,000 metric tons per year. Completion of the debottlenecking at BASF’s production site in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia, is planned…
Worley (North Sydney, Australia) signed a memorandum of understanding with ABB, Inc. (Zurich, Switzerland) and IBM (Armonk, N.Y.) to collaborate on helping energy companies build and operate green hydrogen facilities more efficiently and at scale. The planned three-party collaboration aims…
Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy), Edison and Ansaldo Energia have signed an agreement launch a feasibility study for the production of green hydrogen, produced through water electrolysis, or blue with the use of natural gas, from which the CO2 produced is…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) has been selected as the commissioned contractor of a project called: “Surveys of suitability of demonstration requirements for demonstration research project on an electrification technology of ethylene cracking furnaces realizing net zero emissions of CO2 in…
Denka Company Ltd. and Toyo Styrene Co., Ltd. (Both Tokyo) have decided to construct a chemical recycling plant for used polystyrene (PS) with an annual processing capacity of approx. 3,000 tons. The plant will be constructed on the premises of…
Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany) is investing more than $50 million in the construction of a large air separation unit in McGregor, Texas. The production plant for air gases will be operated substantially with energy from an on-site solar…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo), along with Maruzen Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) and Sojitz Machinery Corp., announced that a joint pilot project to be demonstrated by the four companies is to be funded by the New Energy and…
Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) announced that it has signed a collaboration agreement with Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench Company LLC, the turboexpander technology center within the Gas and Process division of Atlas Copco, and Fives, a global leader in brazed heat exchangers and…
LG Energy Solution (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it has completed the acquisition of NEC Energy Solutions, a grid battery integrator based in the U.S. to expand its Energy Storage System (ESS) business offerings. The battery manufacturer has fully acquired…
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) has decided to transfer all of its shares of Lucite International Japan Co., Ltd. to Midorikawa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. Lucite Japan was established as an acrylic composite material production and sales base in Japan…