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SK Geo Centric and SABIC to jointly build POE production plants in Ulsan

SK Geo Centric (Seoul, South Korea) will partner with Saudi Arabia’s global chemical company SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)  for a joint investment related to the the construction and expansion of high-value chemical products plants with specific focus on polyolefin elastomer…

Arxada investing to expand Visp production site

Arxada (Basel, Switzerland), a global leader in specialty chemicals, announced the extension of its long-term collaboration with Royal DSM N.V. (Herleen, the Netherlands) for the supply of niacin and a range of other nutritional ingredients from Arxada’s facility in Visp,…

PPG invests $20 million in expansion projects in Mexico and the U.S.

PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) has announced a pair of investments totaling $20 million that will greatly expand its production capabilities in North America. Firstly, PPG announced that it will invest $11 million to double the production capacity of its powder coatings…

Shell Catalysts & Technologies and Braskem extend partnership

Leaders from Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil) and Shell Catalysts & Technologies (SC&T) met at Shell’s research center in Amsterdam recently to participate in a technical exchange. During the meeting, SC&T and Braskem agreed to extend their 15-year relationship for an…

Metso Outotec expands minerals processing and testing capabilities in the U.S.

Metso Outotec Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) has consolidated its minerals testing services in the USA into a single 5,500sqm facility located in York, Pennsylvania. The Test Center capabilities will be continuously developed with the goal of covering the full minerals value…

Thermo Fisher Scientific opens new viral-vector manufacturing plant

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) expanded its cell and gene therapy capabilities with the opening of its new previously announced viral vector manufacturing facility in Plainville, Mass. The 300,000 square foot, state-of-the-art site will add approximately 300 jobs to support the…

Achema Daily: Updates from Thurs. Aug. 25

Achema continues on Thursday, August 24. Today's Focal Topic is Digitalization in the Process Industries, and there will be many speakers sharing their expertise on artificial intelligence, augmented reality, cybersecurity and more. For full coverage, please read Achema's Official Show…

Achema Daily: Updates from Tuesday Aug. 23

Thousands of process industries experts from around the globe are convening at Achema this week in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Follow along with our Achema coverage each day by reading Achema's Official Show Daily Achema kicked off Monday, August 22…

Honeywell and the University Politehnica Of Bucharest launch Industrial Automation Lab

Honeywell International, Inc. announced that it has launched an Industrial Automation Lab in conjunction with the University Politehnica of Bucharest’s Department of Automation and Computer Science to help students build the technical skills and knowledge required to join, compete and…

New helium purification plant begins operation in Saskatchewan

North American Helium Inc. (NAH; Calgary, Canada) announced it has successfully brought its third helium purification facility on production in May with zero operational issues. This facility is located near the Village of Mankota in southwest Saskatchewan. Commenting on this…