Elkem (Oslo, Norway) announced a strategic investment plan to unlock new specialty silicones supply for customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and the Americas. The company will invest around €36 million (NOK 350 million) to upgrade and…
Nuberg EPC (New Delhi, India) announced winning two Sulfuric Acid plant projects in Gamasa City, Egypt and Oromia, Ethiopia. The 500 ton/d + 5MW Rating STG Set in Egypt and 50 ton/d Sulfuric Acid + 40 ton/d Aluminum Sulfate Revamp…
PVS Chemicals Belgium N.V. (PVS) has successfully started up a new MECS converter and steaming equipment, licensed by DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) at its sulfuric acid plant in Gent, Belgium. The new 4-pass converter, which offers a plant capacity increase…
DSL Japan, a joint venture of Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) and Japanese pharmaceutical leader Shionogi, has opened a new production line for specialty silicas at the company’s site in Ako, Japan. The new capacities expand the production potential of…
Albemarle Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.) has signed agreements to will move forward with its design, engineering and permitting plans to expand lithium-conversion capacity at build the Yangtze River International Chemical Industrial Park in the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone (Jiangsu province), and…
Technip Energies (Paris) and TÜV Rheinland have signed a strategic alliance to offer Project Management Consulting Services to clients in the infrastructure, energy, chemicals and mining & metals industries. The 5-year alliance will leverage the two companies’ strengths as world…
Lonza Specialty Ingredients (LSI), the former chemicals arm of Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland), has rebranded the company as Arxada. The new name follows the Company’s launch as an independent business in July 2021, after the completion of the sale of…
Lummus Technology (Houston), and its catalysts partner, Clariant Catalyts, announced another major contract award in India that will expand their global share of the PDH market. GAIL (India) Limited has selected Lummus Technology's CATOFIN process and Clariant's tailor-made catalysts for…
Teijin Ltd. (Toyko) announced that its carbon fiber subsidiary Renegade Materials Corp., a leading U.S.-based supplier of highly heat-resistant thermoset prepregs, resins and adhesives for the aerospace industry, will expand its prepreg production approximately 2.5-fold. The increased capacity, which aligns…
McDermott International Inc. (Houston) has signed a Letter of Guarantee to deliver engineering and procurement for the ethylene cracker of the Gas Chemical Complex (GCC) project—the largest polyethylene integration project in the world—with China National Chemical Engineering and Construction Corp.…