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…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (MCI; Tokyo; www.mitsuichem.com) has decided to set up a new production facility for long glass-fiber-reinforced polypropylene (LGFPP) at Chinese manufacturing subsidiary Mitsui Advanced Composites (Zhongshan) Co, Ltd. This will become Mitsui Chemicals’ third manufacturing base for LGFPP,…
BP (London; www.bp.com), Virent Inc. (Madison, Wis.; www.virent.com) and Johnson Matthey (JM; London; www.matthey.com) have signed an agreement that will further advance the commercialization of Virent’s Bioforming process for production of bio-paraxylene (PX), a key raw material for the production…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has signed an agreement to sell its Methacrylates business to Advent International (Boston, Mass.; www.adventinternational.com) for €3 billion. The selling price (enterprise value) is 8.5 times the business’ EBITDA. The transaction is subject to…
Axens (Rueill-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) has announced that it has taken an equity interest in the French company Arol Energy (Le Bourget-du-Lac, France; www.arol-energy.com), an expert in biogas purification systems. Arol Energy has many years of experience in the development and…
Syndial, Eni's (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) center for the environment and waste management, and Veritas signed a memorandum of understanding in Venice to jointly study the construction of an industrial plant that will transform the organic fraction of solid municipal waste…