G2X Energy, Inc. (Houston; www.g2xenergy.com) announced that they have entered into license and engineering contracts with Johnson Matthey (London, U.K.; www.matthey.com) for their previously announced world-scale methanol production facility located in Lake Charles, La. Johnson Matthey will supply the technology…
Total S.A. (Paris; www.total.com) has officially inaugurated the production of the company’s new high-purity special fluids facility in Bayport, Tex. Today’s ribbon-cutting represents the completion of a $100-million investment by the global integrated energy producer and leading international oil-and-gas organization.…
DuPont Clean Technologies (Overland Park, Kan. www.cleantechnologies.dupont.com) is pleased to announce that Hengli Petrochemical Co. (Hengli), based in Dalian, China, has awarded DuPont a contract to supply the alkylation and spent-acid regeneration (SAR) technologies for the new grassroots refinery in…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) and Nanodax Co. (Tokyo, Japan) have signed an agreement on the development of innovative polycarbonate composites reinforced with glass wool. Nanodax has developed a special process for the manufacture of these products. Conventionally, glass…
The Global Chemical Production Regional Index (Global CPRI) rose 0.5% in January on a three-month-moving-average (3MMA) basis, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economics Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). The January rise follows similar…
Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada; www.ucore.com) has announced the completion of construction of all Molecular Recognition Technology (MRT) superstructure, processing architecture, automation systems, and initial water testing of the SuperLig-One rare-earth separation pilot plant by IBC Advanced…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) Prism Membranes division in Saint Louis, Missouri, has received a significant order to provide a large quantity of membrane separators to the Ningdong Energy and Chemical Industry Base in Ningxia, China, for use…
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) is celebrating the inaugural shipment of its Dow Filmtec Reverse Osmosis (RO) elements from its new Saudi Arabia Dow Water & Process Solutions’ (DW&PS) Jubail Operations manufacturing facility. This first shipment is targeted…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) will further expand its Austrian site in Lenzing/Schörfling to double the existing production capacities for the hollow-fiber membrane modules of its Sepuran brand. The membrane offers a method for the separation of gases from…
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Tokyo; www.mitsui.com) and Hankuk Carbon Co., Ltd. (HC) have entered into a strategic alliance agreement to engage in collaborative business activities relating to the processing of composite materials. Based on this agreement, Mitsui will acquire a…