Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, W.V.) announced that it will increase caprolactone monomer capacity at its facility in Warrington, U.K., through a series of optimization projects over the next 12 months that are expected to increase Ingevity’s global monomer production capacity…
BASF Petronas Chemicals Sdn Bhd (BPC), a joint venture between BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), intends to expand the production capacity of 2-Ethylhexanoic Acid (2-EHA) from 30,000 to 60,000 metric tons per…
The ORLEN Unipetrol Group (Prague) has announced plans to increase the capacity of its petrochemical operations. Following the completion of a brand-new polyethylene unit (PE3) to produce the cutting-edge high-density polyethylene, the Group now plans to raise steam cracker yields.…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that its ammonia technology has been selected by ACME Group for its breakthrough green ammonia project to be built in Oman. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide technology license, engineering, proprietary equipment, catalyst,…
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it will invest around 60 billion won to construct an Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) compound plant at the site of the company's Ohio Tech Center in the United States with an annual…
In parallel with its major project to increase global capacity of bio-based polyamide 11 by 50% in Singapore, Arkema (Colombes, France) has announced the construction of a polyamide 11 powders plant on its Changshu platform in China, scheduled to come…
PKN Orlen (Płock, Poland) is investing to expand its refinery in Mažeikiai. By the end of this year, construction will start on a project to build deep-crude conversion units enabling production of larger volumes of high-margin products. According to the…
Nouryon (Amsterdam) commissioned its latest Integrated Manufacturing Model to support the expansion of the Bracell pulp mill in Lençóis Paulista, Brazil. Nouryon’s Integrated Manufacturing Model provides customers with tailor-made onsite facilities, including the management of essential raw materials needed in…
Lukoil (Moscow, Russia) celebrated the start of work on the second stage of the Gas Processing Unit (GPU-2) at the Stavrolen petrochemical plant in the city of Budennovsk. GPU-2 is the first unit to be built under the Stavrolen integrated…
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) is pleased to announce it has engaged Kiewit Energy Group Inc. to lead the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) effort for its Net-Zero 1 Project in Lake Preston, South Dakota. Kiewit Energy Group Inc. is part…