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Evonik establishes standalone company for superabsorbent materials
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has established its former Baby Care Business Line as an independent company. Evonik Superabsorber GmbH in Germany, and Evonik Superabsorber LLC in the USA, took over the business on July 1, 2021. The new companies…
Doosan wins sewage treatment contract in the U.K.
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (Changwon, South Korea) announced that its U.K. subsidiary Doosan Enpure has recently been awarded the contract for the Guildford Sewage Treatment Works Relocation project by Thames Water, UK’s largest water and wastewater services company. Doosan…
Proman and Global Energy partner to develop green-methanol plant in Scotland
Global Energy Group Ltd. (GEG; Aberdeen, Scotland) has entered into an agreement with integrated energy company Proman (Wollerau, Switzerland) to develop a renewable-power-to-methanol plant utilizing local sources of captured carbon dioxide to be located at the Nigg Oil Terminal in…
Linde to build green-hydrogen plant in Austria to supply semiconductor manufacturer Infineon
Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with Infineon Technologies for the on-site production and storage of high-purity green hydrogen, alongside the supply of other industrial gases. It will be the first time that green…
Toyo awarded polypropylene plant project in Japan
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Tokyo) has been awarded a contract for a project to construct a polypropylene plant from Prime Polymer Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) and Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (Tokyo). TOYO will carry out…
Toray adds ABS production capacity with new plant in Malaysia
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) has boosted Toray Group’s worldwide production and distribution capacities of its TOYOLAC Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) resin transparent grade, through its latest facilities set up at Prai Industrial Park, Penang, Malaysia. The plant set up…
Ineos Styrolution and LyondellBasell join Cyclyx recycling consortium
Cyclyx International, a consortium-based feedstock management company with a mission to increase the recycling rate of plastic from 10% to 90%, has announced that LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) have joined Cyclyx as founding members. LyondellBasell…
Process heater manufacturer expands with new office facility
Process heater manufacturer Exotherm Corp. has moved to a new office located in Magnolia, Texas. This new office location has increased the company's office space from 4,500 sq feet to 7,200 sq feet with the ability to expand further to…
Indorama to acquire Oxiteno for $1.3 billion
Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand) has announced plans to acquire a 100% equity stake in Oxiteno S.A. – Indústria e Comércio (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and its affiliates. IVL, through affiliates incorporated in Brazil and Spain, signed a Share Purchase…
KBR to acquire Frazer-Nash Consultancy from Babcock International
KBR, Inc. (Houston) has entered into a definitive agreement with Babcock International Group PLC, to acquire Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd., a leading provider of systems engineering, assurance and technology advisory services, for approximately $400 million in cash. Frazer-Nash delivers high-end systems…