Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has boosted its supply of plant-derived cholesterol, one of the most critical components for the manufacture of mRNA vaccines and gene therapies. The large-scale production of PhytoChol in Hanau, Germany, will meet an increased market…
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) signed an agreement with Proman AG (Wollerau, Switzerland), one of the world’s leading producers of methanol, to develop the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) first world-scale methanol production facility at the TA’ZIZ Industrial Chemicals Zone…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) recently started up two polycarbonate compounding production lines at its Greater Noida plant near New Delhi in India. The new plants are intended to meet the growing demand for compounded plastics, particularly for the automotive and…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has acquired Sable Marco Inc., a manufacturer of cementitious products and mortars in Canada. Headquartered in Pont Rouge, close to Québec City, the complementary acquisition will open up new opportunities for Sika in the Eastern region…
Halliburton Co. (Houston) announced the opening of the Halliburton Chemical Reaction Plant – the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia to manufacture a broad range of chemicals for the entire oil and gas value chain as well as many…
Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) plans to sell its German subsidiary Sasol Wax GmbH to AWAX s.p.a., an international group specialized in developing, producing and distributing wax products. The company with two production facilities in Hamburg, Germany, one in the…
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (Luxembourg) began commercial sales from a new reactor for carbon black at Ravenna in Northern Italy. The new production line, which has a production capacity of 25,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr), produces both specialty and…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) is building a new world-scale production plant for alkylethanolamines at the Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. After the planned start-up in 2024, the company will increase the global annual production capacity of its alkylethanolamines portfolio containing,…
Nuberg EPC (New Delhi, India) , the leading Indian Global EPC and turnkey project management company, announced that it has been selected by Fertilisers And Chemicals Travancore Ltd. (FACT), Kochi, which is expanding its NPK Fertilizer capacity. The project involves…
Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond, Va.) has completed its phase 3 expansion to add Gasoline Performance Additives (GPA) blending capabilities at its Singapore Chemical Additive Manufacturing Facility. The expansion is in line with Afton’s ‘Made In’ strategy that focuses on effective…