Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) and personal-care product manufacturer Beiersdorf AG (Hamburg, Germany) have reached an agreement on a research partnership. Its aim is to develop sustainable raw materials for care products, using carbon dioxide (CO2) as the starting material.…
NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) and Enerkem Inc. (Montréal, Québec, Canada) have entered into a joint development agreement to explore turning non-recyclable and non-compostable municipal waste into ethylene, a basic building block of plastics. Working together, the companies will…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. and Egypt Hydrocarbon Corporation S.A.E. (EHC) have finalized all technical and commercial conditions of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract related to the implementation of a new Ammonia…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has acquired 100% of the Dutch Count Companies B.V.’s Count Terminal Rotterdam B.V. and its supporting entities, part of the First Dutch Group of Peter Goedvolk. The transaction was signed and closed on 7 May 2020.…
Many chemical processing and engineering companies are contributing to efforts to fight the spread of COVID-19: SNC-Lavalin (Montreal, Queb., Canada) has been selected by AMD Medicom Inc. (Medicom) to support the establishment of their first Canadian mask manufacturing facility that…
BP plc (London, U.K.) has announced that bp Australia is taking part in a feasibility study related to an export-scale renewable hydrogen production facility in Western Australia. The extensive study will help BP and the energy sector better understand the possibilities of using hydrogen…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has completed the previously announced investment at its site in Mauldin, South Carolina and started production of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Mass Balance-certified pearlizers, opacifiers and specialty blends. The investment in regional production expands…
Inovyn, an Ineos company, has announced a “power to methanol” project in Antwerp, Belgium, which will produce methanol from captured CO2 combined with hydrogen that is generated from renewable electricity. Inovyn will contribute to a joint feasibility study as part…
In its fight against the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Tata Chemicals Ltd. (Mumbai, India) has manufactured and supplied more than 1.1 million liters of disinfectant to Gujarat and 480,000 liters to BMC, Maharashtra. To meet the increased requirement of hand…
In response to shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) in hospitals across the nation, Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.) and Rotuba have collaborated to produce face shields for medical personnel on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. Rotuba will use…