Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Univation Technologies, LLC (Houston) have entered into a cooperation agreement with the purpose of developing improved capital and operating efficiencies for the production of on-purpose linear alpha olefins (LAO) – including both butene-1 and hexene-1 -for…
Stora Enso Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) announced that it has signed a letter of intent to divest the Kvarnsveden site in Sweden to Northvolt AB (Stockholm, Sweden). Due to structural decline in demand for graphical paper, in April 2021 Stora Enso…
Grupa Azoty SA (Tarnów, Poland) announced that Grupa Azoty Zakłady Azotowe Kędzierzyn is implementing a capex project that will involve upgrading the synthesis gas (syngas) compression unit, which is supplying its ammonia plant. The general contractor is Grupa Azoty Polskie…
OQ Chemicals GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany) announced that it has implemented its announced capacity expansion for TCD Alcohol DM (Tricyclodecanedimethanol) at its Oberhausen, Germany, site, and successfully commissioned the plant. The company has thus significantly expanded its global production…
Borouge, a joint-venture between The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria), has announced the successful start-up of its new fifth polypropylene unit (PP5) in Ruwais. The new unit will contribute to boosting the UAE’s…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) will build a methyl mercaptan plant at its site in Mobile, Alabama in the U.S. Methyl mercaptan is an intermediate in the production of MetAMINO (DL-methionine) and is currently sourced from third parties. This backward…
Univation Technologies, LLC (Houston) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (HPCL) completed a pre-marketing agreement (PMA) focused on polyethylene products that will be manufactured using the two new world-scale UNIPOL PE Plants licensed to HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Ltd. (HRRL). Through this…
Metso Outotec Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) has signed an agreement for the delivery of a siderite calcination plant to Hekimhan Madencilik, a subsidiary of Koloğlu Holding, located in Malatya, Turkey. The value of the order is approximately EUR 23 million, and…
BASF (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd will expand the production capacity of its Ultramid polyamide (PA) and Ultradur polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) product by 5,000 metric tons per year. Completion of the debottlenecking at BASF’s production site in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia, is planned…
Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany) is investing more than $50 million in the construction of a large air separation unit in McGregor, Texas. The production plant for air gases will be operated substantially with energy from an on-site solar…