Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden) recently opened a new greenfield manufacturing site in San Bonifacio, Italy, for the production of brazed heat exchangers. The new highly advanced facility includes research and customer training areas and will mainly supply heat exchangers…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Entegris, Inc. (Billerica, Mass.) have signed an agreement on the sale of BASF’s Precision Microchemicals business to Entegris for $90 million. The transaction includes technologies, intellectual property and trademarks and is expected to be completed…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) and Air Liquide Engineering & Construction have announced a major breakthrough in methanol synthesis: the MegaZonE technology. Based on Clariant’s MegaMax catalyst series, this innovative method uses several layers of catalysts with different activity levels to…
Elkem (Oslo, Norway) announced a strategic investment plan to unlock new specialty silicones supply for customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and the Americas. The company will invest around €36 million (NOK 350 million) to upgrade and…
Nuberg EPC (New Delhi, India) announced winning two Sulfuric Acid plant projects in Gamasa City, Egypt and Oromia, Ethiopia. The 500 ton/d + 5MW Rating STG Set in Egypt and 50 ton/d Sulfuric Acid + 40 ton/d Aluminum Sulfate Revamp…
PVS Chemicals Belgium N.V. (PVS) has successfully started up a new MECS converter and steaming equipment, licensed by DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) at its sulfuric acid plant in Gent, Belgium. The new 4-pass converter, which offers a plant capacity increase…
DSL Japan, a joint venture of Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) and Japanese pharmaceutical leader Shionogi, has opened a new production line for specialty silicas at the company’s site in Ako, Japan. The new capacities expand the production potential of…
Albemarle Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.) has signed agreements to will move forward with its design, engineering and permitting plans to expand lithium-conversion capacity at build the Yangtze River International Chemical Industrial Park in the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone (Jiangsu province), and…
Technip Energies (Paris) and TÜV Rheinland have signed a strategic alliance to offer Project Management Consulting Services to clients in the infrastructure, energy, chemicals and mining & metals industries. The 5-year alliance will leverage the two companies’ strengths as world…
Lonza Specialty Ingredients (LSI), the former chemicals arm of Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland), has rebranded the company as Arxada. The new name follows the Company’s launch as an independent business in July 2021, after the completion of the sale of…