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CP Kelco invests $50 million to build new citrus-fiber production line

CP Kelco (Atlanta, Ga.)announced that it will invest more than $50 million to expand production capacity for NUTRAVA Citrus Fiber, based on strong customer demand and market potential. With this significant capital investment, the company will have ample capacity for…

Evonik’s Coating Additives business announces capacity expansion in Shanghai

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) announced that its Coating Additives business line has taken another step to improve the supply situation by increasing the production capacity of several critical additives. For the first time these additives are being produced in…

Linde signs gas-supply contract with semiconductor manufacturing plant in Phoenix

Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with one of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers for the supply of industrial gases to a new multi-billion dollar manufacturing facility in Phoenix, Arizona. Linde will build, own…

Repsol selects Univation’s PE process technology for new PE plant in Portugal

Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) has selected Univation Technologies’ (Houston) UNIPOL PE Process for its 300,000-ton/yr polyethylene (PE) plant. This new PE plant will be constructed along with another polymer production unit with both plants located at Repsol’s Industrial Complex in…

DuPont, Veolia awarded contracts for ioneer’s litihum-boron project in Nevada

ioneer Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia), an emerging lithium-boron supplier, is pleased to announce it has awarded DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) a contract for the license, engineering, and supply of proprietary equipment for the planned sulfuric acid plant (Plant) at the…

U.S. Vanadium launches $2.1-million VRFB electrolyte capacity expansion

US Vanadium, LLC (Hot Springs, Ark.) has announced a $2.1-million expansion of its production capacity for ultra-high-purity electrolyte used by grid-level vanadium flow batteries (VRFB).  The production expansion comes on the heels of a purchase agreement for 580,000 liters of…

Evonik to construct new plant for hollow-fiber membranes in Austria

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is building a new hollow-fiber spinning plant for the production of gas-separation membranes at its Austrian site in Schörfling am Attersee. With the new capacity, Evonik aims to meet the strong demand for SEPURAN membranes…

Wison Engineering awarded EPCC contract for new hydrogen plant in Thailand

Wison Engineering (Shanghai, China) announced that it was awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) for a new hydrogen manufacturing unit (HMU-2)  by IRPC Public Co. Ltd. The new HMU-2 project is part of the Ultra…

Kemira to build third alkenyl succinic anhydride production line in China

Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) announced a significant investment in the production of alkenyl succinic anhydride sizing agent (ASA) in China. ASA is one of the most effective and cost-efficient sizing agents for improving water-resistance in paper and packaging board. This…

Huntsman increases polyurethane catalyst and specialty amine capacity in Hungary

Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced that its Performance Products division plans to further expand its manufacturing facility in Petfurdo, Hungary, to meet the growing demand for polyurethane catalysts and specialty amines. The multi-million USD investment project is anticipated to…