Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is expanding its capacity to produce MetAMINO (DL-methionine) on Jurong Island, Singapore, by 40,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) to around 340,000 m.t./yr. The high double-digit million euro investment in this further technological development is…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has begun production of its first bio-based polyol, Sovermol, in Mangalore, India. This product serves the fast-growing demand of eco-friendly products for applications in New Energy Vehicles (NEV), windmills, flooring and protective industrial coatings in Asia…
Arlanxeo (Maastricht, the Netherlands) announced the launch of a new pouch cell line for developing innovative synthetic rubber solutions in lithium-ion batteries. The upgrades were safely completed at the Changzhou battery lab in China, enhancing local R&D capabilities. Driven by…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) plans to further increase its global production capacity for polycarbonate (PC) specialty films to meet the rising demand in the Asia-Pacific region and worldwide. The company has started building new extrusion lines at the Map Ta…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is opening a new GMP facility to manufacture lipids for advanced, pharmaceutical drug delivery applications. The lipid launch facility is located at the company’s site in Hanau, Germany and provides customers with quantities of lipids…
Solenis (Wilmington, Del.) and Diversey Holdings, Ltd. announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Solenis will acquire Diversey in an all-cash transaction valued at an enterprise value of approximately $4.6 billion. Upon completion of the merger,…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced that BASF Shanghai Coatings (BSC) opened its new technical center building at the BSC Minhang site. As one of the key highlights of the Minhang extension project, the launch of the technical center building marks…
MECS, Inc. (MECS), a subsidiary of Elessent Clean Technologies, was contracted for the provision of an MECS sulfuric acid plant by Lithium Americas Corp. (LAC). The new 3,000 MTPD sulfuric acid plant will feature MECS HRS technology to harness waste…
The Momentive Performance Materials group (Momentive) announced a growth investment to build a new manufacturing facility in Rayong, Thailand. Breaking ground on what will be home to a new state of the art facility, this new site will expand Momentive’s…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced its investment in a new citral plant as part of its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China, and menthol and linalool downstream plants at its Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. These plants are expected to come…