Corbion (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) will increase its capacity for producing lactic acid in North America by around 40% to meet the growing demand for natural ingredients in multiple industries. The investment in capacity expansion at Corbion's Blair, Neb., plant reinforces…
INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) announced plans to build a demonstration plant at its Antwerp, Belgium, site to test production of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) plastic from recycled feedstock. The plans for the new plant are part of the project “ABSolutely…
In a development toward a circular economy for plastics, SABIC (Jubail, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) and Plastic Energy Ltd. (London, U.K.; www.plasticenergy.com) are set to commence construction on the first commercial unit to produce its flagship certified circular polymers, part of…
The collaboration between Vattenfall AB and Preem AB (both Stockholm, Sweden), aimed at producing fossil-free hydrogen for biofuel production, is entering its next phase. A study is now being conducted to examine opportunities for building a large-scale production facility at…
Following a redevelopment of Preem AB’s (Stockholm, Sweden) Green Hydro Treater (GHT) plant in Gothenburg, the plant's production capacity of renewable diesel is increased by 40%. And for the first time, the GHT plant is able to produce 100% renewable…
Babcock & Wilcox (B&W; Akron, Ohio) (NYSE: BW) announced that its B&W Environmental segment will design and supply environmental technologies to reduce sulfur oxides emissions for Cabot Corporation’s carbon black manufacturing facility in Ville Platte, La. The contract is valued…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide technical advisory solutions to SK E&S for its hydrogen development business in South Korea. SK Group announced late last year that it would invest in assets that…
Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) has signed a long-term agreement with BorsodChem Zrt., the Hungarian chemical company and member of the Wanhua Chemical Group, for the supply of nitrogen, oxygen and compressed air to its chemical complex in Kazincbarcika. Linde will…
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan) recently received an order for a feasibility study toward realizing the first plastic-waste gasification recycling plant in South Korea, which is being planned by a major South Korean chemicals company. This project involves carrying out a…
INVISTA’s (Wichita, Kan.) technology and licensing group, Invista Performance Technologies (IPT), and China Petrochemical International Co., Ltd. (Sinopec Yizheng) have reached an agreement for licensing of INVISTA’s industry leading PTA P8++ technology for Sinopec Yizheng’s third PTA line. This plant…