BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and RWE AG (Essen, Germany) have unveiled a project idea that envisions an additional offshore wind farm with a capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW) to provide BASF’s Ludwigshafen chemical site with green electricity and enable CO2-free…
Compañía Española de Petróleos S.A.U. (Cepsa; Madrid, Spain) has intensified its commitment to innovation, safety and sustainability by launching operations at the first European chemical plant to use Detal technology in San Roque (Cádiz). It is also the first Linear…
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its synthetic rubber business based in Schkopau, Germany to Synthos S.A. (Oswiecim, Poland) and its affiliates for an enterprise value of approximately $491 million, comprised of $449.4 million of…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Shanshan, a leading lithium-ion battery materials supplier serving both the e-mobility and the consumer electronics (CE) market, have agreed to form a BASF majority-owned joint venture (BASF: 51%; Shanshan: 49%) to produce cathode active materials…
U.S. specialty chemicals markets volumes rose 0.8% in April, continuing their recovery from the winter storms, according to data from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Of the 28 specialty chemical segments monitored, 14 expanded, down from 22…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland), Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) and Toyota Tsusho Corp. announced that they are joining forces to enable Japan’s first industrial-scale production of renewable plastics and chemicals from 100% bio-based hydrocarbons. In this collaboration, Mitsui Chemicals will use…
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (Changwon, South Korea) announced successive project wins recorded in the European Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant sector. Doosan Lentjes, Doosan Heavy’s subsidiary in Germany, recently signed a supplier agreement together with the Korean EPC contractor Posco Engineering…
W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.) announced completion of the expansion of its manufacturing plant in Kuantan, Malaysia. Kuantan, the capital and major seaport town of Pahang, Malaysia, has been home to Grace Specialty Chemicals Sdn Bhd since 1996. The…
Siemens Energy, in collaboration with Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and Expo 2020 Dubai, has inaugurated the first industrial scale, solar-driven green hydrogen facility in the Middle East and North Africa. Located at DEWA’s Outdoor Testing Facility of the…
McPhy Energy S.A. (La Motte Fanjas, France) has selected Belfort, France to build its electrolyzer Gigafactory. The McPhy Gigafactory is a strategic tool to meet the challenges of competitiveness by further strengthening and perpetuating McPhy's leadership position in the alkaline…