Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a group of partners with the intent to set up ammonia production in Bontang, Indonesia. The resulting fertilizer can support the food consumption for 45 million people in Indonesia, approximately…
The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.) announced a capacity investment in its low global warming potential (GWP) Opteon 1100 foam blowing agent and Opteon SF33 specialty fluid. The expansion will triple capacity of the ultra-low GWP, hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) solution, enabling customers…
Xiamen Changsu Industrial Pte Ltd (Changsu Industrial) and TotalEnergies Corbion (Gorinchem, the Netherlands) have announced a strategic cooperation agreement that will further advance the polylactic acid (PLA) industry. They will work together in the market promotion, product development, and research…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) has doubled the production capacity for benzyl alcohol at its U.S. site in Kalama, Washington to support the growth of its established customer base in the Americas. The capacity expansion is the result of various technical…
Chevron Lummus Global LLC, (CLG) announced a recent contract award from TAQAT Development Company for a new 75,000-ton/yr needle coke/synthetic graphite complex in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia. Under the agreement, Chevron Lummus Global will provide pilot plant testing, licensing, basic design,…
MOL Group has agreed on a deal with BayWa AG on the purchase of Szarvas Biogas Plant, a waste processing plant using organic wastes to produce electricity and heat through cogeneration with a peak electric power capacity of around 4…
LG Water Solutions, LG Chem’s business unit specialized in water treatment and a leading manufacturer of NanoH2O reverse osmosis (RO) membranes, announced that it has been selected as the exclusive RO membrane supplier for the Ashdod Rehabilitation Project in Israel,…
SAR Technology Inc. (SAR Inc.), located in Tainan, Taiwan, has contracted with MECS, Inc. (MECS), a subsidiary of Elessent Clean Technologies (Elessent), for the supply of MECS proprietary technology and equipment in support of a new spent acid regeneration plant.…
Avient Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) announced the addition of its first production line for Complēt and OnForce long fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites in Asia. The new line was installed at Avient’s Asia regional headquarters in Shanghai to help meet the increased…
Emerson (St Louis, Mo.) has been chosen by Syzygy Plasmonics to automate its innovative catalyst reactor technology that uses light instead of thermal energy, such as heat generated from burning fossil fuels, for chemical manufacturing. The all-electric production method is…