Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that it has decided to boost production capacity by 60% for Lumirror biaxially oriented polyester release films for manufacturing multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs). The company will invest ¥8 billion in this upgrade at the Gifu…
In line with its previously announced plans to develop the supply of fluorinated specialty solution 1233zd, Arkema SA (Colombes, France) announced the successful start-up of the production facility of its partner Aofan in China. Additionally, Arkema has launched the construction…
Elkem Silicones (Oslo, Norway) celebrated the grand opening of its new specialized facility for producing high purity medical silicones on Wednesday, September 28, in York, S.C. Customers and local, state, and federal officials, attended the event which included a ribbon-cutting…
Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced the opening of a plant in Baton Rouge, La., that is the company’s first large-scale manufacturing site for Solstice Air (HFO-1234ze(E) cGMP), a near-zero global-warming-potential (GWP) medical propellant for use in respiratory inhalers. Solstice…
MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced that its Life Science business sector has opened a commercial facility for its new Millipore CTDMO Services offering at the company’s site in Martillac, France. The 2,700-square-meter…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a technology contract by Tecnimont S.p.A. for OCI NV’s low-carbon blue ammonia project in the United States. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will supply the technology license, basic engineering…
The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.) announced a planned $200-million investment to increase capacity and advance technology for its industry-leading Nafion ion exchange materials to support the Hydrogen Economy. Accelerated climate ambitions and energy challenges have fast-tracked demand for hydrogen power…
Subject to the approval of all relevant authorities, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Hannong Chemicals are planning to establish a production joint venture “BASF Hannong Chemicals Solutions Ltd.”. BASF will hold 51% and Hannong Chemicals 49% shareholding, in the proposed…
The ORLEN Unipetrol Group (Prague, Czech Republic) has commissioned a new production unit for dicyclopentadiene (DCPD), which will expand its product portfolio. DCPD, a liquid hydrocarbon, has a broad range of applications in the automotive industry, construction, electrical engineering, medicine,…
Fluor Corporation (Irving, Tex.) announced today that the company was awarded two reimbursable engineering, procurement and construction management contracts by BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) for the ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol and infrastructure, offsites and utilities packages as part of the company’s…