U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes rose 0.6% in June, the same gain as in May, leaving volumes off 3.7% from pre-coronavirus levels, the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) reported. Of the 28 specialty chemical segments that ACC monitors,…
Clariant Catalysts (Munich, Germany) is expanding and enhancing its capacity for emission-control catalysts to meet growing global demand, particularly in China. The company just recently commenced operations at an additional, upgraded production facility in Heufeld, Germany, which features state-of-the-art production…
Lukoil (Moscow, Russia) recently celebrated the commissioning of a polymer-bitumen binders production unit at the Nizhny Novgorod refinery the city of Kstovo, Russia. By launching this unit, LUKOIL takes another step towards improving Russian motorways and implementing federal programs aimed…
INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) announced the signing of its collaboration with GER, a world-leading waste recycling enterprise based in China’s Jiangxi province, to produce high quality virgin-like Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) grades with up to 70% recycled content at commercial…
Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) and the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining of Kenya signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote the decarbonization process to tackle climate change through new industrial models of fully-integrated circular economy along the whole bio-fuel…
Universal Display Corporation (OLED) and PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced that OLED Material Manufacturing Ltd. (OM2) and PPG are embarking on a multi-million-euro capital investment that is expected to create up to 100 high-tech jobs at a new manufacturing site in…
Haldor Topsoe (Lyngby, Denmark) has announced that its SynCOR technology has been selected by Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) to capture of over 95 percent of CO2 emissions from the production of blue hydrogen from natural gas for the recently announced Air…
bp and Johnson Matthey plc (Both London, U.K.) are partnering with Cardiff University and The University of Manchester in a £9-million project that aims to convert CO2, waste and sustainable biomass into clean and sustainable fuels and products. A partnership featuring two leading…
Clean Power Hydrogen Group Ltd. (CPH2; Doncaster, U.K.), manufacturer of the unique Membrane-Free Electrolyzer, has signed an agreement to lease new premises. With ambitious plans to build up to 1GW per year capacity, CPH2 has signed an agreement to lease a…
POET, LLC (Sioux Falls, S.D.) announced its further expansion into the production of all-natural, 100% plant-based purified alcohol, which exceeds the highest global quality standards for alcohol. POET Bioprocessing – Alexandria began production of purified alcohol this week after breaking…