Chemical Engineering
Sulzer to build new separations research center in Singapore
Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) has signed an agreement with JTC Corporation, the master planner and developer of Singapore’s industrial infrastructure, to build and operate a new research center for its separation technology solutions. The new facility will be located at…
Metso Outotec increases manufacturing capacity for large screening equipment
Metso Outotec Oy (Helsinki, Finland) has inaugurated the extended manufacturing capacity of large screening equipment in Sorocaba, Brazil. The total Sorocaba production capacity will grow from 250 to 500 units per year, covering among other things the high-performance energy and…
Clariant opens new catalyst plant in China
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced the grand opening of its new CATOFIN catalyst production site in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China. Investing in innovations such as CATOFIN is a core element of Clariant’s new purpose-led strategy, as expressed in the statement…
Merck invests $300 million to expand specialty gases plant in Pennsylvania
EMD Electronics, the Electronics business of Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) in the U.S. and Canada, announced an agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to support expansion plans at its semiconductor manufacturing site in Hometown. This expansion is part of the…
Worley announces contract award for Chemetics sulfuric acid technology
Chemetics, the technology and solutions provider for sulfuric acid and other specialty chemical facilities of Worley (North Sydney, Australia), has been awarded a contract to install its CORE-SO2 sulfuric acid technology at Arafura Rare Earths Ltd.’s Nolans Project in Australia.…
Atlas Agro selects KBR’s green ammonia technology for its series of plants
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Atlas Agro AG to license KBR’s innovative K-GreeN technology for Atlas’ planned investment in a series of green nitrate plants. Under the terms of the MoU,…
TotalEnergies to sell three resin product lines
TotalEnergies SA (Paris, France) has accepted an offer from Pacific Avenue Capital Partners for the acquisition of three product lines (Wingtack, PolyBD and Dymalink) developed by Cray Valley, its resin production and sales affiliate. The transaction includes four production sites…
Kuraray, PTTGC and Sumitomo to jointly open manufacturing plant in Thailand
Kuraray Co. (Tokyo) is partnering with PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC; Bangkok, Thailand) and Sumitomo Corp. (Tokyo) to open a manufacturing plant under the name of Kuraray GC Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. and Kuraray Advanced Chemicals (Thailand) Limited. This manufacturing plant…
Air Products to build new nitrogen plants and extend pipeline network in Penang, Malaysia
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced it will build, own, and operate two nitrogen plants in Penang’s Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone and Batu Kawan Industrial Park. The company will also further extend its pipeline network in both areas. This…
Evonik to sell business assets in Lülsdorf and Wesseling
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is selling its site in Lülsdorf (Germany) and the associated cyanuric chloride business in Wesseling (Germany) to International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG, Luxembourg). The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. Lülsdorf is…