Air Liquide (Paris) announces the construction of three plants in Taiwan to supply, in the framework of long-term contracts, two of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers with large volumes of ultra high purity industrial gases for their leading edge fabs.…
Chemviron SA, the European Operations of Calgon Carbon, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuraray Co. (Tokyo), has opened a new activated carbon reactivation furnace in Feluy, Belgium, which will increase Chemviron’s Central European reactivation capacity to over 50,000 tons per…
Neste's Engineering Solutions, a global solution provider of high-quality technology, engineering and project services, and CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Limited (CSPC), an important petrochemicals joint venture in China, have signed an agreement for CSPC to utilize Neste's proprietary NEXPAO technology…
INEOS Enterprises has announced an agreement to acquire ASHTA Chemicals Inc, from Bigshire Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. The deal, which consists of a 100,000 ton/yr Potassium Hydroxide (KOH)/65,000-ton/yr Chlorine plant, is targeted to close before the end of…
Toray Composite Materials America, Inc. announced a significant upgrade of its carbon-fiber facility located in Decatur, Alabama. The $15-million investment will double the production capacity of the high-performance TORAYCAT1100 carbon fiber and add critical redundancy. The upgrade is set to…
Bechtel (Reston, Va.) was awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) for Mitra Chem's commercial cathode manufacturing facility. The new facility will produce Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) cathodes on commercial scale by 2025, enabling broad use of iron-based batteries in EVs…
Natron Energy, Inc., a global leader in manufacturing of sodium-ion (Na-ion) batteries, and specialty chemicals firm Arxada AG (Basel, Switzerland) announced the successful initiation of the large-scale production of battery-grade Prussian blue (ferric ferrocyanide) at Arxada’s facility in Visp, Switzerland.…
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…