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PPG opens powder coatings R&D facility in Italy

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…

Kraton and SABIC collaborate on renewable butadiene

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…

Conagen announces bio-based debondable hot-melt adhesives

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…

Genomatica and Asahi Kasei announce partnership on renewable Nylon

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 announces technologies for boosting ethylene production from naphtha

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…

Green ammonia project in Australia to use Clariant catalyst

The Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) ammonia synthesis catalyst “AmoMax-Casale” was selected for a major, groundbreaking green ammonia project, being jointly developed by The Hydrogen Utility (H2U), a leading Australian developer of green hydrogen infrastructure, and Casale. The project will…

A vision for chemical engineering

Chemical engineering is a discipline with far-reaching and diverse applications. The list of industries that employ its professionals is extensive: petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, biomedical, basic and specialty chemicals, mining, agriculture, energy and food-and-beverage, to name a few. While the basic…

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Business News: March 2022

Plant Watch Lummus and Synthos double planned capacity of bio-butadiene plant February 10, 2022 — Following a successful feasibility study last year, Lummus Technology (Houston; www.lummustechnology.com) and Synthos S.A. (Oswiecim, Poland; www.synthosgroup.com) announced that their new bio-butadiene technology is ready…

U.S. chemical production expanded in January, ACC says

The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) expanded by 0.4% in January following a 1.4% gain in December and a 0.3% gain in November, according to data from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Chemical output rose…

First ferric chloride plant based on proprietary technology built in Kuwait

The end of 2021 saw an important milestone for Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz (CAC; Germany) — the successful commissioning of the first ferric chloride plant using proprietary technology. In this plant, the client from Kuwait produces a saleable product, which can be…