PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced that it is currently adding capacity for the production of overvarnish coatings for beverage can exteriors, including PPG ISENSE Gloss coatings, at its Delaware, Ohio, plant. PPG expects the addition of the Delaware plant’s new volume…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has been awarded a contract by Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) for the realization of a Polypropylene Unit and a linear Polyethylene Unit on an EPC (Engineering Procurement and Construction)Lump Sum Turn-Key basis, as part…
Lukoil (Moscow, Russia) recently celebrated the commissioning of a polymer-bitumen binders production unit at the Nizhny Novgorod refinery the city of Kstovo, Russia. By launching this unit, LUKOIL takes another step towards improving Russian motorways and implementing federal programs aimed…
Universal Display Corporation (OLED) and PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced that OLED Material Manufacturing Ltd. (OM2) and PPG are embarking on a multi-million-euro capital investment that is expected to create up to 100 high-tech jobs at a new manufacturing site in…
Clean Power Hydrogen Group Ltd. (CPH2; Doncaster, U.K.), manufacturer of the unique Membrane-Free Electrolyzer, has signed an agreement to lease new premises. With ambitious plans to build up to 1GW per year capacity, CPH2 has signed an agreement to lease a…
POET, LLC (Sioux Falls, S.D.) announced its further expansion into the production of all-natural, 100% plant-based purified alcohol, which exceeds the highest global quality standards for alcohol. POET Bioprocessing – Alexandria began production of purified alcohol this week after breaking…
Group14 Technologies, a global provider of silicon-carbon composite materials for lithium-ion markets, announces a joint venture (JV) with SK Materials (Seoul, South Korea), one of the world's top manufacturers of special gases and industrial gases, to build a factory for…
Stora Enso Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) has announced that its pilot facility for producing bio-based carbon materials from lignin has started operations. This follows the company’s EUR 10 million investment announced in 2019. Pilot production of Lignode by Stora Enso, wood-based…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a nitric acid technology contract by Haifa Group for two of its process plants at Mishor Rotem, Israel. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide license, basic engineering design…
McDermott International, Ltd. (Houston) has been awarded an engineering and procurement contract for a spent caustic treatment solution on the Gas Chemical Complex (GCC) project from Heat Transfer Technologies DMCC (HTT). The GCC project is owned by Baltic Chemical Plant LLC,…