Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals; www.nouryon.com) has selected a location in the U.S. for a world-scale polymerization plant for its Expancel expandable microspheres. The project will significantly strengthen the company’s leadership position in expandable microspheres, which are used to make…
Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealis.com has awarded Tecnimont, main contractor of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.com) with the engineering, procurement, construction management (EPCM) and commissioning services contract for a new propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant, including the requisite utilities and…
Royal Dutch Shell N.V. (Shell; Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.shell.com) has joined the W2C Rotterdam initiative, as an equity partner, with Air Liquide (Paris; www.airliquide.com), Enerkem (Montreal,Canada; www.enerkem.com), Nouryon (Amsterdam; www.nouryon.com) and the Port of Rotterdam. Shell will become an equal…
Sulzer (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzer.com) and Tamturbo (Tampere, Finland; www.tamturbo.com) will together bring the benefits of high-speed technology in air compression to users that need intrinsically safe oil-free air. The target is to replace existing technologies, such as oil-free screw…
Celanese Corp.(Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) announced the expansion of its Pibiflex and Riteflex TPC (thermoplastic co-polyester) production unit at the Donegani facility in Ferrara, Italy to support the continued growth of its global engineered materials business. Celanese recently added one more…
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals; Amsterdam; www.akzonobel.com) has raised production capacity for surface-modified colloidal silica at its Bohus site in Sweden. The €4-million expansion primarily adds capacity for the company’s Levasil CC-branded product line, which supports customers in the paints…
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE; www.aiche.org) announced that it has launched the Center for Hydrogen Safety to promote the safe handling and use of hydrogen across industrial and consumer applications in the global energy transition. The Center for…
EDL Anlagenbau GmbH (EDL; Leipzig, Germany; www.edl.poerner.de) sold a license for its two-stage extraction technology to the Middle East in the 4th quarter of 2018. With this technology process, oils are produced in an efficient and eco-friendly way. These oils…
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) and Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.; www.honeywell.com) announced a technology alliance to expand the benefits of connected services to a broader range of the chemical and refining industries. As a product of this alliance, Topsoe has…
TechnipFMC (Houston; www.technipfmc.com) has successfully completed the remaining conditions required to enable work to commence on the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract by Middle East Oil Refinery (MIDOR) for the modernization and expansion of their existing complex near Alexandria, Egypt. As previously…