Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has started production at a new manufacturing facility located at its site in Ningbo, China, to meet increasing demand in the Asia region for polymers used in the Packaging, Paints and Coatings and Construction end-markets. The…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has been selected by Byco (Karachi, Pakistan) to support Byco’s Refinery upgrading Project Phases I, II, III by providing advanced technical solutions in order to achieve Euro V gasoline and diesel specifications in Pakistan. The solution consists…
Toray Plastics (America), Inc. announced that its Torayfan Division’s new, 8.7-meter, five-layer, in-line coating polypropylene film line with automated slitting began producing commercial volumes of packaging and label films. The customized, proprietary equipment is considered by Toray to be one…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary KT – Kinetics Technology S.p.A. has been awarded an EPC Lump Sum-Turn Key (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) contract by LOTOS Oil, concerning the expansion of the Gdansk Refinery aimed at improving its crude processing capability as well…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiaries NextChem, MET Development and Stamicarbon have reached an agreement with U.S.-based Greenfield Nitrogen LLC, to develop the first dedicated green ammonia plant in the US Midwest. As part of the agreement,…
KPX Chemical, a leading polyols producer for polyurethanes in Korea, and Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced the establishment of a joint venture (JV) named KPX HUNTSMAN POLYURETHANES AUTOMOTIVE CO., LTD. (KHPUA). The joint venture will create and provide innovative…
Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium) has conducted a proof of concept showing that polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) has the potential to be recycled. PVDC is used in food, beverage and healthcare multilayer barrier packaging across the world. The proof of concept involves…
The solar-fuel pioneer Synhelion SA (Lugano, Switzerland) has acquired Heliokon GmbH (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany), an expert in concentrated solar power (CSP) technology. The acquisition will bring together the two companies’ complementary technologies, allowing Synhelion to offer a complete system for…
Vulcan Energy Resources Ltd.'s (Perth, Australia) chemical engineering team has successfully produced its first battery quality lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM) from piloting operations. The LHM was produced from Vulcan’s sorption pilot plant, located at a geothermal renewable energy plant in…
TotalEnergies and Safran (both Paris) have signed a strategic partnership agreement to jointly develop technical and commercial solutions for the decarbonization of the aviation industry. In line with the ambition of both companies to reach net zero CO2 emissions by…