INEOS O&P Europe has announced a €30-million investment in the conversion of its plant in Lillo, at the Port of Antwerp, Belgium, to enable its existing capacity to produce either monomodal or bi-modal grades of high-density polyethylene (HDPE). This will…
The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.) recently celebrated the startup of its newest mineral sand mine, Trail Ridge South, located in Clay County, Fla. The new mining operation represents a $93 million investment that will create approximately 50 new jobs in…
Toyobo Indorama Advanced Fibers Co., Ltd. (TIAF), a joint venture that Toyobo Co., Ltd. established in November 2020 with Indorama Polyester Industries PCL (IPI), has completed construction of a factory to manufacture high-performance nylon yarn for automobile airbags. A ceremony…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) broke ground in Antwerp, Belgium for a new world-scale production facility for the manufacture of aniline. With the capacity expansion, the company is strengthening its European production network for the foam component MDI. For this purpose,…
OMV Petrom S.A. (Bucharest, Romania) is investing approximately EUR 130 million in the next 3 years to build a new production unit for aromatic products at the Petrobrazi refinery in Romania. The unit will function at modern BAT (Best Available…
Infineum, a joint venture between Shell and ExxonMobil, and Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.) announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Infineum to acquire Entegris’ Pipeline and Industrial Materials business (PIM). Entegris’ PIM business is part of…
The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.) announced plans to enter into a joint venture (JV) with BWT FUMATECH Mobility GmbH, an established player in multiple hydrogen markets, focused on membrane manufacturing in the field of fuel cell technology. Completion of the…
Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) announced it has started up a new air separation unit (ASU) to supply gaseous oxygen and nitrogen to Wanhua Chemical Group (Wanhua), the world’s largest producer of isocyanate (MDI), a key ingredient in the manufacture of…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) will invest in a new world-scale Neopentyl Glycol (NPG) plant with an annual production capacity of 80,000 metric tons at its new Zhanjiang Verbund site, China. With the new NPG plant expected to come on stream…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) announced it has taken full ownership of its joint venture stake Solvay Special Chem Japan (SSCJ) by acquiring 33% of the minority shares from Santoku Corporation. As the sole owner of this operation located in Anan,…