Preparations and construction of BASF SE’s (Ludwigshafen, Germany) battery materials plants in Europe are advancing as planned. After the casting of the foundation for its precursor cathode active material (PCAM) plant in Harjavalta, Finland, BASF has officially started construction. In…
Strata Manufacturing (Abu Dhabi, U.A.E) and Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium) have completed works on the Strata Solvay Advanced Materials (SSAM) high-tech facility in Al Ain, U.A.E.. SSAM is a joint venture between Strata and Solvay. The completion of the SSAM…
Invista Nylon Chemicals (China) Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai to officially mark the start of construction on its 400,000-ton/year adiponitrile (ADN) plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP). This more than 7 billion RMB (more than $1…
Aker Solutions ASA (Lysaker, Norway) and Norcem, a subsidiary of HeidelbergCement, have signed an agreement as a firm step towards the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) delivery of a CO2 capture, liquification and intermediate storage plant at Norcem’s cement factory…
Hydrogen technology developer HyperSolar, Inc. (Santa Barbara, Calif.) announced it is has changed the name of the Company to SunHydrogen, Inc. “For some time now, we considered adopting the SunHydrogen name,” said Tim Young, CEO of HyperSolar. “Now, as we enter…
The CEO of Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain), Josu Jon Imaz, announced two pioneering industrial decarbonization projects that the company will undertake with the participation of prominent Spanish and international partners. The facilities, to be located in the port of Bilbao…
Dow, Inc. (Midland, Mich.) and Shell Chemicals (London, U.K.) today announced a joint-development agreement to accelerate technology to electrify ethylene steam crackers, which supply chemicals used to make products that people use every day. Today’s steam crackers rely on fossil…
Tosoh Silica Corp. (Tokyo), a member of the Tosoh Group, recently established a joint venture (JV) with Namhae Chemical Corp. of South Korea. The JV plans to construct a facility to produce silica for use in fuel-efficient tires. Demand for…
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo) expanded production lines to produce vinyl ester resin (VE) and synthetic resin emulsion (EM) in the premises of Shanghai Showa Highpolymer Co., Ltd. (SSHP), a Chinese subsidiary of SDK, and has increased production of VE…
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec), China's leading energy and chemical company, has successfully installed the world's first and largest slurry-bed residue hydrogenation reactor on June 10 in Zhoushan, China, setting China's new record of highest integral hoisting weight by…