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Ascend Performance Materials receives approval to progress adiponitrile capacity expansion

Ascend Performance Materials (Houston, Tex.; www.ascendmaterials.com) has received permit approval from the Alabama Department of Environmental Management for its previously announced adiponitrile (ADN) capacity expansion and the installation of a cogeneration unit at its Decatur facility. “Our unique ADN technology…

Synthomer inaugurates acrylic-dispersions production facility in Germany

The Board of Directors of Synthomer (London, U.K.; www.synthomer.com) inaugurated the new 36,000-ton/yr expansion to its acrylic dispersions production facility in Worms, Germany. The investment increases the site’s capacity by more than 30% and its fully automated production facility significantly…

Grace licenses Unipol technology for BPCL polypropylene project

W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com) has licensed its UNIPOL Polypropylene (PP) Process technology to Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).  Located in Rasayani near Mumbai in Maharashtra, India, the proposed world-scale capacity UNIPOL PP facility will produce 450,000 metric tons…

Lanxess inaugurates high-performance plastics plant in China

Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) officially inaugurated its new plant in Changzhou, China. The compounding facility produces Durethan- and Pocan-branded high-tech plastics for the automotive sector and the electrical and electronics industry.“This facility was built to address several strategically vital…

Solvay to expand Anaheim thermoplastic composites plant

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) is expanding its thermoplastic composites capacity with a new production line at its U.S. facility in Anaheim, California, underscoring its commitment to meeting strong demand growth from aerospace customers for this high-performance material and Solvay’s…

MOL and thyssenkrupp lay foundation stone for new polyol complex in Hungary

Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) is building a new integrated chemical complex in Hungary. The foundation stone for the polyol production facility was laid on September 27, 2019 in Tiszaújváros. The MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary; www.mol.hu), a leading…

Covestro expands open innovation in China

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) expands its concept for open innovation with various partners starting from the Asia-Pacific Innovation Center in Shanghai. “China is setting the pace for technologies and solutions driving the next wave of industrial and informational revolution,”…

Michelin, IFP Energies Nouvelles and Axens construct bio-butadiene protoype plant

Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net), IFP Energies Nouvellas (IFPEN; Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.ifpenergiesnouvelles.com) and Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France; www.michelin.com) have announced the construction of the first industrial-scale prototype of a plant producing butadiene from bioethanol in France. Launched in late 2012, the BioButterfly…

Entegris acquires Chinese microfiltration company

Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.; www.entegris.com) has acquired Hangzhou Anow Microfiltration Co., Ltd., a filtration company for diverse industries, including semiconductor, pharmaceutical, and medical. Headquartered in the Xindeng New District, Fuyang National Economic and Technological Development Zone, Hangzhou, Anow is now…

TechnipFMC and DNV GL to develop qualification methodology for digital twins

TechnipFMC (Houston; www.technipfmc.com) and DNV GL (www.dnvgl.com) have entered into a partnership to develop the oil and gas industry’s first methodology for qualifying the integrity of digital twin technology. The methodology aims to bring a level playing field to the…