INVISTA’s (Wichita, Kan.; www.invista.com) technology and licensing group, INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT), and Pan-Asia PET Resin (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd have reached agreement for the licensing of INVISTA’s latest purified terephthalic acid (PTA) process technology.Pan-Asia will utilize INVISTA’s P8 PTA technology…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) announced it has signed multiple contracts totaling $12 million with India’s largest commercial oil company, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), to modernize operations and emissions programs at the company’s refineries. Under the contracts, Emerson will…
CP Kelco (Atlanta, Ga.; www.cpkelco.com) announced that it will invest to increase its pectin production capacity at its Limeira, Brazil facility by 10%. This investment will enhance market supply by the end of 2019. “All around the world our customers…
Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) and Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn.; www.hexcel.com) have announced that they will open a joint research and development (R&D) laboratory in Les Avenières (Isère), France in April. This follows the companies’ previous announcement in March 2018 that…
In February 2019, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) founded the new company BASF Digital Solutions S.L. located in Madrid, Spain to drive forward the digital transformation of BASF group and develop innovative IT solutions. BASF plans to grow the center…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is enhancing its regional innovation capabilities with new facilities at the Innovation Campus Shanghai, China, to further strengthen collaboration with the automotive industry and to offer new process catalysts to the chemical industry. With an…
Today, Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) and Temasek (Singapore; www.temasek.com.sg) have signed an agreement for Temasek to purchase 30% of the shares in Haldor Topsoe A/S. Closing of the agreement is expected later this year. Haldor Topsøe Holding…
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC (ExxonMobil; Houston; www.exxonmobil.com) and Axens (Rueill-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) have signed an alliance agreement for the sublicense of ExxonMobil’s Sulfuric Acid Alkylation technology. Under agreement, Axens and ExxonMobil will market and deliver all technologies associated within…
Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) signed an agreement with COREPLA, the National Consortium for the Collection, Recycling and Recovery of Plastic Packaging, to launch research projects to produce hydrogen from non-recyclable plastic packaging waste. The agreement was signed by Giuseppe…
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) announced its intention to pursue the launch of an innovative advanced circular recycling technology that uses polyester waste, which cannot be recycled by current mechanical methods, and as a result, often ends up in…