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,…
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) announced its entry into an agreement with SK AA Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Falcon Private Holdings, LLC, to acquire Aristech Surfaces LLC, a leading North American manufacturer and global provider of polymethyl methacrylates (PMMA) continuous cast…
McDermott International, Ltd. (Houston) announced it has been selected by LACC, LLC, a joint venture between Westlake Chemical Corp. and Lotte Chemical Corporation, to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for a seventh heater addition to its LACC Ethane Cracker…
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.) announced a collaboration with the United States Automotive Materials Partnership LLC (USAMP) and automotive recycler PADNOS for a concept feasibility study to demonstrate a closed-loop project to recycle automotive-industry mixed plastic waste in the automotive…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced plans to increase production capacity of its Expancel expandable microspheres in China. The increase will result from the relocation of its production site from Suzhou to Ningbo, China, which is scheduled to be completed by…
Metso Outotec Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) has signed an agreement to divest its Waste Recycling business line to Ahlström Capital, a family-owned investment company. Metso Outotec announced in October 2020 its decision to divest its Recycling business which comprises of the…
Asahi Kasei Corp.’s (Tokyo, Japan) Medical business has decided to expand production capacity of hydrophilic PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) hollow-fiber membranes for Planova BioEX filters at its spinning plant in Oita, Japan. The global COVID-19 pandemic has increased the urgent demand…