Chemical Engineering
Dow to sell 40% stake in U.S. Gulf Coast infrastructure assets
Dow (Midland, Mich.) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell a 40% equity stake in select U.S. Gulf Coast infrastructure assets to a fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management, a leading global infrastructure and energy asset…
PCC Group to build chlor-alkali facility at Chemours titanium dioxide plant in Mississippi
The Chemours Company (Wilmington, Del.) announced that the PCC Group SE (Duisburg, Germany) plans to build and operate a chlor-alkali facility on the grounds of Chemours’ titanium dioxide (TiO2) plant in DeLisle, Mississippi, and that PCC and Chemours have entered…
Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials advances project to increase propellant production
Orbia Advance Corporation S.A.B. de C.V.’s Fluor & Energy Materials business announced its readiness to advance construction of a larger scale medical propellant purification plant, marking a critical milestone in the metered-dose inhaler (MDI) industry's transition to low-global-warming-potential (GWP) inhalers.…
Rio Tinto signs new partnership agreement to study low-carbon aluminum project in Finland
Rio Tinto plc (London) has entered into a partnership agreement with the Swedish investment company Vargas, Mitsubishi Corporation and other international and local industry partners to study a low carbon aluminum greenfield opportunity in Finland. As the strategic industrial partner,…
BASF starts up its expanded ammonium chloride plant in Ludwigshafen
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has expanded the production of ammonium chloride at its Ludwigshafen site, increasing capacity by 50% and improving product quality. Following the successful start-up of the plant, a more efficient production process is now being used to…
Sulzer’s technology selected by Emirates Biotech for world’s largest PLA plant
Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) announced that its technology has been selected by Emirates Biotech for its upcoming Polylactic Acid (PLA) production plant in the United Arab Emirates. The facility will be constructed in two phases, each with an annual capacity…
World’s largest short-path evaporator system delivered by UIC
UIC GmbH (Alzenau, Germany) announced that, at a customer's request, it has developed, designed and supplied the world's largest short-path evaporator, with a 2.6-m inner diameter, 80 m² of heating surface, a total height of 16 m and a total…
Hexion acquires autonomous manufacturing firm Smartech
Hexion Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) announced its acquisition of Smartech, a cutting-edge technology company at the forefront of AI-driven autonomous manufacturing solutions. This strategic acquisition, Hexion's first in a decade, marks a bold step in the company's strategy to revolutionize the…
Solvay inaugurates biodigester at AHF plant in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has inaugurated an advanced biodigester at its Ciudad Juarez production site in Mexico. This energy transition project will generate biomethane from organic waste processed locally, replacing part of the natural gas needed to power the site’s…
Production of CO2-based carbonates using Asahi Kasei technology starts up in China
Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo)has announced that Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical (Sailboat) started commercial operation of a new carbonates plant in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China, in November 2024. The plant uses technology licensed from Asahi Kasei for the production of high-purity ethylene…