KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced today it has been awarded a dual-pressure nitric acid technology contract by Hanwha Corp. for its new plant at Yeosu, South Korea. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide license, basic engineering design, and…
MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced the opening of its second Carlsbad, California-based facility, significantly expanding its global CDMO footprint. This new $110 million, 140,000-square foot facility will more than double the company’s existing…
The joint venture between Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) and the Chinese company Wynca - Evonik Wynca (Zhenjiang) Silicon Material Co., Ltd. is starting up its new fumed-silica plant. Located in the Zhenjiang New Material Industry Park in Jiangsu province,…
ANGUS Chemical Co. (Buffalo Grove, Ill.), a global manufacturer and marketer of specialty ingredients and consumables for biotechnology, pharmaceutical, consumer and industrial applications, announced plans to expand U.S. production capacity for its complete portfolio of TRIS AMINO tromethamine buffers. ANGUS…
Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, W.V.) announced that it will increase caprolactone monomer capacity at its facility in Warrington, U.K., through a series of optimization projects over the next 12 months that are expected to increase Ingevity’s global monomer production capacity…
BASF Petronas Chemicals Sdn Bhd (BPC), a joint venture between BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), intends to expand the production capacity of 2-Ethylhexanoic Acid (2-EHA) from 30,000 to 60,000 metric tons per…
The ORLEN Unipetrol Group (Prague) has announced plans to increase the capacity of its petrochemical operations. Following the completion of a brand-new polyethylene unit (PE3) to produce the cutting-edge high-density polyethylene, the Group now plans to raise steam cracker yields.…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that its ammonia technology has been selected by ACME Group for its breakthrough green ammonia project to be built in Oman. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide technology license, engineering, proprietary equipment, catalyst,…
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it will invest around 60 billion won to construct an Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) compound plant at the site of the company's Ohio Tech Center in the United States with an annual…
In parallel with its major project to increase global capacity of bio-based polyamide 11 by 50% in Singapore, Arkema (Colombes, France) has announced the construction of a polyamide 11 powders plant on its Changshu platform in China, scheduled to come…