Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) announced that it is leading the development of a research project focused on the recovery of minerals and metals considered as critical raw materials, key for the technology sector and the ecological transition. The…
Century Lithium Corp. has announced its collaboration with Koch Technology Solutions (KTS), a Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) company, in the application of the Li-Pro process for direct lithium extraction (DLE) at Century Lithium's Lithium Extraction Facility pilot plant in Amargosa…
Indorama India Ltd., which is engaged in the production & marketing of the Inviya brand of spandex since 2012, commenced commercial production of its third manufacturing facility at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh on February 4th, 2023. The commencement of the…
Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo) announced the acquisition of Fluence Analytics, Inc. (Houston), a startup that provides real-time analytics solutions to polymer and biopharmaceutical companies worldwide. Since signing investment and collaboration agreements in 2021, the two companies have been exploring potential…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) intends to carry out a joint incorporation-type demerger with Asahi Kasei (Tokyo) for the two companies’ nonwovens businesses, forming a new integrated company as of the tentative date of October 2, 2023. The companies have agreed…
Kuraray Co. (Tokyo) announced that construction of a new plant for isoprene-related businesses has been completed and will soon start operations in stages. The construction was undertaken by Bangkok-based subsidiaries Kuraray GC Advanced Materials Co., Ltdand Kuraray Advanced Chemicals (Thailand)…
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that PetroChina Jilin Petrochemical Company will again license LyondellBasell’s polyethylene technology at their facility located in Jilin City, Jilin Province, P.R. of China. The newly licensed technology will comprise of LyondellBasell’s leading high-pressure…
Metso Outotec Oy (Helsinki, Finland) is ecpanding its filter assembly plant in Suzhou, China, to respond to global market demand. The plant expansion will not only double local capacity in China to deliver high-quality filters for mining and other industrial…
Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) broke ground in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, for a new production facility in its Semiconductor Solutions business. The site, which covers an area of 150,000 m2, is to produce specialty gases and semiconductor materials for thin film and…
Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden) is expanding production capacity for heat exchangers in Sweden, Italy, China and the US as part of an increased investment program. For this effort, Alfa Laval has decided to invest SEK 3.8 billion ($360 million)…