Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that Butadiene LLP has selected its iC4 CATOFIN, CATADIENE, CDMtbe technologies and BASF's butadiene extraction technology for units at Butadiene LLP's new petrochemical plant in Atyrau, Kazakhstan. "We are grateful to be selected and provide multiple technologies and…
W. R. Grace & Co. (Grace; Columbia, Md.) and Sohar University inaugurated a jointly operated DCR Pilot Plant at the University in Oman. "It's very exciting to move this 15-year partnership between Grace, Sohar University, and OQ to the next…
GEA Group (Düsseldorf, Germany) is equipping two additional production lines of the energy storage and specialty chemicals group Albemarle Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) for the production of lithium hydroxide. Lithium hydroxide is used as a starting material for the production of…
ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) is expanding its presence in the global market for pharmaceutical packaging by establishing a joint venture with Inden Pharma, a well-known Spanish pharmaceutical packaging company. The copmanies are starting a long-term partnership for the certified production…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is expanding its capacity to produce MetAMINO (DL-methionine) on Jurong Island, Singapore, by 40,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) to around 340,000 m.t./yr. The high double-digit million euro investment in this further technological development is…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has begun production of its first bio-based polyol, Sovermol, in Mangalore, India. This product serves the fast-growing demand of eco-friendly products for applications in New Energy Vehicles (NEV), windmills, flooring and protective industrial coatings in Asia…
Arlanxeo (Maastricht, the Netherlands) announced the launch of a new pouch cell line for developing innovative synthetic rubber solutions in lithium-ion batteries. The upgrades were safely completed at the Changzhou battery lab in China, enhancing local R&D capabilities. Driven by…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) plans to further increase its global production capacity for polycarbonate (PC) specialty films to meet the rising demand in the Asia-Pacific region and worldwide. The company has started building new extrusion lines at the Map Ta…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is opening a new GMP facility to manufacture lipids for advanced, pharmaceutical drug delivery applications. The lipid launch facility is located at the company’s site in Hanau, Germany and provides customers with quantities of lipids…
Solenis (Wilmington, Del.) and Diversey Holdings, Ltd. announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Solenis will acquire Diversey in an all-cash transaction valued at an enterprise value of approximately $4.6 billion. Upon completion of the merger,…