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…
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…
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…
Sumitomo Corp. (Tokyo; www.sumitomo.co.jp) has signed a contract to acquire up to 20% of Cosan Biomassa S.A., based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a subsidiary of the world’s largest sugar company Cosan S.A. Industria e Comercio, and producer and distributor of…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.de) has now launched an additional production area and erected a new building to house research, development and scaleup operations for fixed-bed catalysts at its Marl, Germany site. The specialty-chemicals group has made a low…
Axens (Rueill-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) announced that Taiwan-Japan Oxo Chemical Industries Inc. (TJOCI) will use Axens’ technologies and catalysts for its isononyl alcohol (INA) production plant. On February 11th 2015, CPC, KH Neochem (KHNC) and Mega International Commercial Bank (MICB) signed…
Banner Engineering (Minneapolis, Minn.; www.bannerengineering.com) has announced the opening of a new production plant, located at the Millennium Industrial Park in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The new facility features 30,000 square feet of production space and 10,000 square feet of…
Indorama Ventures Public Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand; www.indorama.net) and India’s Dhunseri Petrochem Ltd. (Dhunseri) have agreed to enter into an equal joint venture (JV) to manufacture and sell polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resins for Indian domestic markets and for exports. Dhunseri…