BASF Corp. (Florham Park, N.J.) has launched its new 1,4-Dioxane Online Calculator, which will allow personal-care formulators to determine the 1,4-dioxane content in their formulas. The tool is accessible from both desktop and mobile devices and recommends alternative BASF ingredients…
Total S.A. (Paris, France) is stepping up its research into Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) technologies by signing a multi-year partnership with U.K. start-up Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC). This partnership aims to develop new quantum algorithms to improve materials…
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan; www.toray.com) announced today that it will raise production capacity for Torayfan oriented polypropylene film for automotive capacitors by 60% at its Tsuchiura Plant in Ibaraki Prefecture in 2022. The goal is to capitalize on an…
Equinor, Shell and Total S.A. (Paris, France) have decided to invest in the Northern Lights project in Norway's first exploitation license for CO2 storage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Plans for development and operation have been handed over to the…
CNOOC Oil & Petrochemicals Co. Ltd (CNOOC: Beijing), Shell Nanhai B.V (Shell) and the Huizhou Government announced a strategic cooperation agreement to further expand the CNOOC and Shell Petrochemical Co. (CSPC) 50:50 joint venture (JV) in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China.…
Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) has started production of meltblown fabrics for face mask applications on its unique pilot line in Linz, Austria. Borealis has quickly converted from smaller-scale pilot production to regularly produce rolls of fine fiber fabrics for…
Veolia Water Technologies will supply HPD crystallization systems that will produce sulfate of potash (SOP) fertilizer in Western Australia. Perth-based Salt Lake Potash Ltd. is developing the Lake Way potash-mining project to produce 245,000 tons per year of SOP (K2SO4)…
Honeywell announced that it will build a new production line capable of producing up to 4.5 million FFP2 and FFP3 disposable face masks per month at its Newhouse site in Scotland, U.K. These masks will assist the U.K. government's response…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) and Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) announced the signing of a global Alliance Agreement. The two companies will collaborate, using their extensive market network outreach for developing potential projects and the combination of their expertise on…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) was named project management consultant for Advanced Global Investment Company’s (AGIC) new propane dehydrogenation, polypropylene and utilities and offsites complex in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. Fluor will perform project management consultant services for the front-end…