Nippon Shokubai Co. (Osaka, Japan; www.shokubai.co.jp) has announced that its subsidiary PT.NIPPON SHOKUBAI INDONESIA (NSI) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Acrylic Acid (AA) plant in Cilegon, Banten, Indonesia, which will have a production capacity of 100,000 metric tons…
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo; www.m-chemical.co.jp) announced its intention to start up its European carbon fiber sheet molding compound (SMC) production facility in Italy. The new facility, slated to start operations in September 2020, will be located on a site…
Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa; www.sasol.co.za) announced the opening of its new alkoxylation plant in Nanjing. This facility – the company’s largest expansion project in China– will more than double its alkoxylation production capacity in the region and will be…
McDermott International, Inc. (Houston; www.mcdermott.com) announced the recent successful startup of the world's largest catalytic dehydrogenation plant, which is located at Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co., Ltd.'s site in Liaoning Province, China, and uses McDermott's Lummus CATOFIN technology. This single-train…
Oxea GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) has decided to further expand its production capacities for Tricyclodecanedimethanol (TCD) Alcohol to meet market demand. Following a successful initial feasibility study, the Board of Directors approved the capacity increase investment for TCD…
AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has announced plans to add three new production lines at its Changzhou powder coatings plant in China – the company’s largest facility of its kind in the world. The €3 million investment will support…
Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) and Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) have agreed to combine Metso Minerals and Outotec to create a leading company in process technology, equipment and services serving the minerals, metals and aggregates industries. The Combined Company,…
Tata Chemicals Ltd. (TCL; Mumbai, India; www.tatachemicals.com) announced that Tata Chemicals Europe (TCE) plans to build the U.K.’s first industrial-scale Carbon Capture & Utilization (CCU) Demonstration Plant, which will reduce its carbon emissions, whilst ensuring a secure, sustainable supply of…
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW; Washington, D.C.; www.endplasticwaste.org) today welcomed 12 new companies from across the plastics value chain, including Chinese state-owned Sinopec. The new members expand both the global footprint of the Alliance and the participation of…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has announced a debottlenecking project at its hydrogen peroxide plant in Jemeppe-sur-Sambre (Belgium), which has increased of H2O2 production. Further expansions of capacity are planned in Bernburg (Germany) and Voikkaa (Finland). These investments meet the…