Orion Engineered Carbons (Houston) announced that it will complete its gas black expansion in Germany at plants in Dortmund and Cologne by early 2023. Orion is the only carbon black producer in the industry with gas black capabilities. Gas blacks,…
By opening a new concrete admixture production facility in Stafford, Virginia, Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has further expanded its production capacity in the growing Mid-Atlantic construction market. The opening of the new facility is Sika's response to high demand in…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is selling the TAeTTOOz materials technology for printable rechargeable batteries to the InnovationLab GmbH. The InnovationLab specializes in the development of printed and organic electronics and offers individual overall solutions from the first concept draft…
To meet growing demand for silicone rubber, Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) is accelerating the expansion of its production capacities. Investment projects to this end are either in the planning stage or are nearing completion. Significant capacity expansions for liquid…
Johnson Matthey plc and bp plc (Both London) have announced that their co-developed, ground-breaking Fischer Tropsch (FT) CANS technology and Johnson Matthey’s innovative reverse water gas shift technology, HyCOgen, have been selected for use by Aramco and Repsol at a…
Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) is expanding its membrane and filtration manufacturing capabilities in Ireland. The company will invest approximately €440 million to increase membrane manufacturing capacity in Carrigtwohill and to build a new manufacturing facility at Blarney Business Park, both…
Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) has secured a new multi-million-dollar contract to deliver engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) for Solvay's (Brussels, Belgium) new polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) site to be built in Tavaux, France. PVDF is a high-performance polymer and is…
Milliken & Company (Spartanburg, S.C.) will begin production at its new clarifier plant soon in Blacksburg, S.C. This significant additional capacity will address strong worldwide demand for clarified plastic products. The company, a global manufacturer with plastic additives and colorants…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) launched the production of Desmodur 15 prepolymers at its Spanish site of Barcelona. With this new production line, the company addresses the growing demand for its high-performance elastomers and can serve an ever wider range of very…
Circa Group (Oslo, Norway) and Valmet Oyj (Espoo, Finland) have signed a Heads of Agreement to realize and optimize the Furacell production process at scale through the ReSolute project and future large-scale plants. Valmet will be the main process technology…