Chemical Engineering
Hexcel expands production capacity at Salt Lake City facility
Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Connecticut) announced the addition of U.S. manufacturing capability for its HexPly® M901 (a high-performance epoxy matrix) prepreg system at the company's Salt Lake City facility. The expansion responds to manufacturers' need for composite materials that can support…
Century Lithium plans commercial-scale chlor-alkali plant to support western U.S. critical minerals supply chain
Century Lithium Corp. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) has announced its plans to develop a commercial-scale chlor-alkali plant (CA Plant). The CA Plant is intended to support the critical and strategic minerals supply chain in the Western United States and the Company's…
Indorama secures loan facility to double urea fertilizer capacity in China
Anyang Indorama Gases Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Indorama Corp. (Bangkok, Thailand), has signed an RMB 2.4 billion (around US$358 million) long-term loan facility with a consortium of five leading banks in China to finance its Phase II fertilizer…
Toray to sell stake in Indonesia-based polyethylene terephthalate manufacturer
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that it has decided to transfer all of its shares in Indonesia-based PT. PETNESIA RESINDO (PNR), which manufactures and sells polyethylene terephthalate, to PT. Pioneer Polyindo Complex of Indonesia, and has entered into a share…
USA Rare Earth, Pasqal and Riven Systems partner to advance rare-earth separation technology
USA Rare Earth, Inc. (Stillwater, Okla.), Pasqal, S.A. (Palaiseau, France), a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, and Riven Systems (New York, N.Y.), a specialist in AI for industrial chemistry, announced a strategic partnership to develop next-generation separation technology for…
Innophos outlines iron phosphate production plans to support battery supply chain
Innophos (Cranbury, N.J.) is expanding its role in the electric energy storage system and battery markets, leveraging its unique position as a premier North America-based, vertically integrated producer of battery-grade phosphates. Through this initiative, Innophos will produce (i) iron phosphate…
Solenis and Molear join forces to expand nanobubble-based water-treatment applications
Solenis (Wilmington, Del.) has entered into a strategic representation agreement with Moleaer Inc. to expand the use of nanobubble-generating equipment for flocculant polymers used in targeted water and wastewater treatment applications. Under the global agreement, Solenis will serve as Moleaer's exclusive…
CURA Climate Inc. raises $10 million to electrify and decarbonize cement production
CURA Climate Inc. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced $10 million USD in financing. Led by Zacua Ventures (San Francisco, CA), with participation from Sandpiper Ventures (Halifax, Nova Scotia), Amplify Capital (Toronto, Ontario), and Vantage Futures (New York, NY), the financing will…
MOL Group completes construction work ahead of restart at damaged Danube Refinery
MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary) has completed construction work on the AV3 unit at the Danube Refinery, which was damaged in a fire last autumn. The project was completed according to schedule, so once the construction equipment has been removed, the…
Technip Energies and SABIC enter exclusive licensing collaboration for LDPE technology
Technip Energies N.V. (Paris, France) and Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC; (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) have entered into an exclusive Licensing Collaboration Agreement (LCA) under which Technip Energies will act as the worldwide licensor of SABIC's well-established Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) Clean…