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Tessenderlo Group to build new fertilizer production line in France

Tessenderlo Group (Brussels, Belgium) announced that it plans to construct a new production line for organic fertilizers in Vénérolles (Aisne, France). The new line will focus on the production of organic pellets for its Violleau business unit, responding to the…

BASF to raise polyamide production capacity in India

BASF India Ltd. will expand the production capacity of its Ultramid polyamide grades to meet increasing market demand. The increased capacity at BASF’s production site in Panoli, Gujarat, will be available in Q4 2022. “The additional capacity reaffirms our dedication…

Evonik expands supply of plant-derived cholesterol

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has boosted its supply of plant-derived cholesterol, one of the most critical components for the manufacture of mRNA vaccines and gene therapies. The large-scale production of PhytoChol in Hanau, Germany, will meet an increased market…

Adnoc and Proman to develop world-scale methanol production plant

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) signed an agreement with Proman AG (Wollerau, Switzerland), one of the world’s leading producers of methanol, to develop the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) first world-scale methanol production facility at the TA’ZIZ Industrial Chemicals Zone…

Covestro starts up two new polycarbonate compounding production lines in India

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) recently started up two polycarbonate compounding production lines at its Greater Noida plant near New Delhi in India. The new plants are intended to meet the growing demand for compounded plastics, particularly for the automotive and…

Sika acquires Canadian manufacturer of cementitious products and mortars

Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has acquired Sable Marco Inc., a manufacturer of cementitious products and mortars in Canada. Headquartered in Pont Rouge, close to Québec City, the complementary acquisition will open up new opportunities for Sika in the Eastern region…

Halliburton opens oilfield-chemical manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia

Halliburton Co. (Houston) announced the opening of the Halliburton Chemical Reaction Plant – the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia to manufacture a broad range of chemicals for the entire oil and gas value chain as well as many…

Sasol to sell European wax business to AWAX

Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) plans to sell its German subsidiary Sasol Wax GmbH to AWAX s.p.a., an international group specialized in developing, producing and distributing wax products. The company with two production facilities in Hamburg, Germany, one in the…

Orion Engineered Carbons has opened a new carbon-black production line in Italy

Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (Luxembourg) began commercial sales from a new reactor for carbon black at Ravenna in Northern Italy. The new production line, which has a production capacity of 25,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr), produces both specialty and…

BASF building new alkylethanolamines plant in Antwerp

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) is building a new world-scale production plant for alkylethanolamines at the Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. After the planned start-up in 2024, the company will increase the global annual production capacity of its alkylethanolamines portfolio containing,…