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Honeywell Commissions Second C3 Oleflex Unit for Zhejiang Satellite

Honeywell says that Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co., Ltd. is using Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex technology to produce 450,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of polymer-grade propylene for a new petrochemicals complex in China. This is the second C3 Oleflex unit…

Successful startup of world’s largest dehydrogenation plant using Catofin-catalyst technology

Today, Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) announced the successful startup of its Catofin catalyst at Hengli Group’s new mixed-feed dehydrogenation plant in Dalian, China. The new unit combines propane dehydrogenation (PDH) with iso-butane dehydrogenation (BDH) process technologies, and it will produce…

Up to 80% increased production rates in plastic recycling

ANDRITZ approached the solution to the common problem of feeding system blockage in industrial plastics recycling, by developing a new screw conveyor for the CENSOR decanter centrifuge, which prevents clogging more efficiently. Results show, that this solution can increase production…

DOMO Chemicals to acquire Solvay’s performance polyamides business in Europe

DOMO Chemicals (Ghent, Belgium; www.domochemicals.com) and Solvay (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) have signed today an agreement for DOMO to acquire Solvay’s Performance Polyamides Business in Europe. This includes Engineering Plastics operations in France and Poland; High-Performance Fibers in France; Polymer and…

Higher throughput and purity in sodium bicarbonate production with up to 15% less energy consumption

The market for refined sodium bicarbonate, soda ash and similar products is steadily expanding, forcing many producers to increase throughput and purity at the same time. This is exactly the type of challenge the ANDRITZ specialists have the expertise to…

Wison Engineering announces startup of butene-to-butadiene plant in Nanjing

Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd. announced that on August 11, Nanjing Chengzhi Yongqing Energy Technology Co., Ltd.'s new butene-to-butadiene plant, built by Wison Engineering, started up successfully and produced on-spec butadiene. The plant was deployed with Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Butene-to-Butadiene…

BASF and TU Berlin launch artificial intelligence cooperation

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin; www.tu-berlin.de) have signed an agreement to cooperate closely in the area of machine learning. The aim of the collaboration, Berlin-based Joint Lab for Machine Learning (BASLEARN), is to develop…

Dow to sell Acetone Derivatives business to Altivia

Dow (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced that it has reached an agreement for the divestiture of its Acetone Derivatives business to Altivia Ketones & Additives, LLC, an affiliate of Altivia, a privately held producer of chemicals headquartered in Houston, Texas. “This…

Saudi Aramco intends to acquire 20% stake in Reliance Industries’ Oil-to-Chemicals division

Saudi Aramco (Dhahran; www.saudiaramco.com) and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL; Mumbai; www.ril.com) have agreed to a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) regarding a proposed investment in the Oil-to-Chemicals (O2C) division comprising the Refining, Petrochemicals and fuels marketing businesses of RIL. Saudi…

Lanxess to divest its chrome chemicals business

Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is selling its chrome chemicals business to Brother Enterprises, a Chinese leather chemicals producer. Both companies on August 12, 2019 signed a respective agreement. The transaction is still subject to approval by the relevant antitrust…