Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.) will provide its 5-megawatt proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer to enable renewable energy for the Douglas County Public Utility District (Douglas County PUD) in Washington state. The Cummins electrolyzer will be dedicated to producing hydrogen from…
Stora Enso Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) will build a pilot facility for producing Cellufoam by Stora Enso, a lightweight, fiber-based foam material for protective packaging and cushioning. Bio-based foams are renewable and recyclable and can be used in packaging, for example,…
Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond, Va.) will invest in Gasoline Performance Additives (GPA) blending capabilities at its Singapore Chemical Additive Manufacturing Facility. The demand for GPA in Asia Pacific is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4%…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is acquiring the Porocel Group for $210 million to accelerate the growth of its catalysts business. Based in Houston, Texas (USA), Porocel offers a technology for highly efficient rejuvenation of desulfurization catalysts, which are in…
Haldor Topsoe (Lyngby, Denmark) announced that is has joined an ambitious sustainable fuels project in Denmark. The project aims to develop a ground-breaking hydrogen and sustainable fuel facility based on electrolysis in the Greater Copenhagen Area. The project is expected…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Company LLC (DRPIC) has selected LyondellBasell’s world-leading polypropylene (PP) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) technologies for a new facility. The new plants will comprise of a polypropylene (PP) plant that…
The Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), rose by 2.5 percent in August on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis following a 3.0 percent gain in July. On…
According to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), the U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) rose by 0.8 percent in July following a 1.6 percent decline in June and a 2.0 percent decline in May. During July,…
BASF Corp. (Florheim Park, N.J.) announced the expansion of its Sparks, Georgia facility. The company invested approximately $70 million in capital improvements to produce seed treatment formulations that will also lead to 30 new full-time jobs at the site. The…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) has been awarded two contracts by Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group Co. Ltd (Baofeng Energy) for its 500,000 metric-tons-per-year (m.t./yr) coal-to-olefins project & 500,000-m.t./yr C2-C5 comprehensive utilization project to be built in Ningdong Town, Lingwu City, Ningxia, China.…