An official foundation stone-laying ceremony of the new propylene plant of MOL Petrochemicals Co. Ltd. (Tiszaújváros, Hungary; www.molgroupchemicals.com), took place in Tiszaújváros, Hungary today. The plant is built as a greenfield investment for 65 billion HUF and will produce 100,000…
Specialty chemicals company Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) today announced that it has joined the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI). The aim of the RCI is to support and accelerate the transition from the use of fossil carbon to the use of…
The value of the 2021 Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), calculated as an average of the monthly values for the year, was higher than the annual value for 2020 by a large margin, as the CEPCI has risen each…
thyssenkrupp’s Uhde High Pressure Technologies GmbH (Hagen, Germany). won an order from a company in the specialty chemicals sector to fabricate and supply a pharma-grade supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) plant. The scope of supply includes the skid-mounted plant, as well…
Koch Modular Process Systems, LLC (Paramus, N.J.; www.kochmodular.com), a provider of engineered and fabricated modular reaction and mass-transfer systems, today announced that they are expanding their ongoing business relationship with PureCycle Technologies, Inc. and will supply the modular recycling systems…
PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) today announced the opening of its new European Central Powder Coatings Research and Development (R&D) Center in Milan, Italy. The facility’s expanded capabilities, which include a customer application center, will enhance and accelerate powder coatings product…
SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) has announced a new collaboration with Kraton (Houston, Tex.; www.kraton.com), a producer of specialty polymers and high-value bio-based products derived from pine wood pulping co-products, to deliver certified renewable butadiene from its TruCircle portfolio for…
Biotechnology company Conagen (Bedford, Mass.; www.conagen.com) recently announced the development of highly sought-after debondable hot melt adhesives made by high-performance materials from sustainable and natural bio-molecules. The announcement offers a new alternative for manufacturers seeking debondable structural adhesive solutions to…
Sustainable materials producer Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com) and Japan-based diversified global manufacturer Asahi Kasei (Tokyo, Japan; www.asahi-kasei.com) announced a strategic partnership to commercialize renewably-sourced nylon 6,6 made from Genomatica’s bio-based HMD (hexamethylenediamine, also abbreviated as HMDA) building block. Asahi…
Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.; uop.honeywell.com) today announced an Integrated Olefin Suite (IOS) of technologies that can increase ethylene production and improve profitability when added to a naphtha steam cracker. IOS provides users with the ability to improve return on…