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Nuberg EPC awarded contract for FACT Kochi fertilizer expansion

Nuberg EPC (New Delhi, India) , the leading Indian Global EPC and turnkey project management company, announced that it has been selected by Fertilisers And Chemicals Travancore Ltd. (FACT), Kochi, which is expanding its NPK Fertilizer capacity. The project involves…

Afton Chemical completes expansion of Singapore chemical additives facility

Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond, Va.) has completed its phase 3 expansion to add Gasoline Performance Additives (GPA) blending capabilities at its Singapore Chemical Additive Manufacturing Facility. The expansion is in line with Afton’s ‘Made In’ strategy that focuses on effective…

Esso Deutschland sells Exxelon polymer portfolio to The Compound Company

The Compound Company (Enschede, the Netherlands), a leading developer and manufacturer of compounds, announced it has acquired the production site, product portfolio and customer base for Exxelor polymer resins from ESSO Deutschland GmbH, ExxonMobil in Cologne, Germany. The acquisition will…

DuPont Sustainable Solutions rebrands as dss+

DuPont Sustainable Solutions, a global operations consulting firm, announced it will operate under a new name: dss+ (pronounced ‘dss plus’). Since DuPont Sustainable Solutions became an independent consulting firm after separating from DuPont in 2019, it has evolved and enhanced its…

Axens and Univation enter cooperation agreement focused on LAO production

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…

Northvolt to convert acquired Stora Enso paper plant into battery-manufacturing site

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 invests in expansion of ammonia, syngas processing capacities

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 completes capacity expansion for tricyclodecanedimethanol

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 starts up fifth polypropylene unit at Ruwais complex

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 to build new methyl mercaptan plant in Alabama

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…