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Vopak agrees to divest its chemicals terminal in Savannah

Royal Vopak N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) has entered into a binding agreement to sell its terminal in Savannah, Ga. to BWC Terminals, a U.S.-based bulk-liquids storage company. The operational capacity of Vopak Terminal Savannah is 250,566 m3. This capacity is…

Air Products to significantly increase membrane production capacity at St. Louis facility

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced a $10-million project to significantly increase hollow fiber membrane production at its St. Louis, Missouri facility.  “We’re excited to announce this investment in our production facility that will deliver substantial capacity and efficiency enhancements…

Trinseo inaugurates new polycarbonate dissolution pilot facility in the Netherlands

Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) announced  the inauguration of its polycarbonate (PC) dissolution pilot facility in Terneuzen, the Netherlands on April 5, 2023. The new pilot facility is a major step in Trinseo’s commitment to sustainability, part of the journey in realizing…

Two of Axens’ technologies selected for sour-gas processing plant in Canada

Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has been selected to supply the technologies for the Acid Gas Removal unit (HySWEET) and the Sulfur Recovery unit (SmartSulf) of the Albright Sour Gas Processing Plant to be constructed by CSV Midstream Solutions Corp. in Alberta,…

Lummus awarded propane dehydrogenation contract in Saudi Arabia

 Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that Alujain National Industrial Co. has selected its C3 CATOFIN propane dehydrogenation (PDH) technology for their new propylene plant in Yanbu, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). This is the first time Alujain will license Lummus' PDH technology…

Entegris opens new manufacturing facility in Taiwan to support chipmaking sector

Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.) announced the opening of a state-of-the-art facility located in Southern Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Science Park. The new facility delivers critical solutions designed to solve a range of challenges facing chipmakers. The company expects to invest a total of…

Fujifilm breaks ground on electronic-materials manufacturing site in Belgium

Fujifilm Corp. (Tokyo) announced that the company has broken ground on a new €30-million expansion at its electronic materials manufacturing site in Belgium, Fujifilm Electronic Materials (Europe) N.V., to grow semiconductor materials manufacturing capabilities in Europe. This marks one of…

Air Products to build two new CO production facilities in Texas

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced it will build, own and operate two new world-scale carbon monoxide (CO) production facilities in Texas. The facilities in La Porte and Texas City will produce a combined over 70 million standard cubic feet…

Fujifilm to acquire semiconductor high-purity chemicals business from Entegris for $700 Million

Fujifilm Corp. (Tokyo) announced that the company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the semiconductor high purity process chemicals (HPPC) business, CMC Materials KMG Corporation (KMG), from Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.) for $700 million.  Through the acquisition of…

Hexcel opens new composites plant in Morocco

Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn.) announced the grand opening of a completed expansion at its engineered core operations plant in Morocco to meet the growing demand for lightweight advanced composite materials for the aerospace industry. The 13,000-square-meter expansion in the Midparc…