BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) will increase innovation capabilities for its superabsorbent polymer business by building a state-of-the-art Superabsorbents Excellence Center at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. The €25 million investment is a clear commitment of the company to the…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) announces its intent to expand its GUR ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) production capacity in Europe. In addition to the recently announced Bishop, Texas, GUR expansion of approximately 15,000 metric tons per yea(m.t./yr) coming online beginning…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) has been awarded contracts for revamping two ammonia plants by PJSC Acron Group, Novgorod, Russia. KBR will supply the process technology license, basic engineering design package, and proprietary equipment for the ammonia plants to increase production capacity by…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.), a global chemical and specialty materials company, today announces its intent to initiate a three-year plan to expand engineered materials compounding capacities at the company’s Asia facilities, including the locations of Nanjing, China; Suzhou, China; and…
Messer Americas, a part of Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany), and North Star BlueScope Steel (NSBS) have entered into an agreement to increase supply of gaseous oxygen in Delta, Ohio. Messer, a trusted supplier of gases to NSBS for…
Plastic Energy (London, U.K.) is collaborating with ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) on an advanced recycling project in France that will convert post-consumer plastic waste into raw materials for the manufacturing of virgin-quality polymers. Based on current plans, the project is…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) announced further investments to strengthen its commitment to being the world’s foremost emulsion polymers and vinyl acetate producer through facility expansions, new unit builds and key debottlenecking projects in Europe and Asia. The announced expansion plans,…
Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam. The Netherlands) announced that its subsidiary Avantium Renewable Polymers (Avantium RNP) has signed two additional conditional offtake agreements for the supply of polyethylene furanoate (PEF) resin to manufacture bottles and films, bringing the total now to four…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced an award for its ethylbenzene technology from a customer in Jiangsu Province, China. Once complete, the unit will produce 508,000 metric ton per year (m.t./yr) of ethylbenzene via the EBOne technology. "We look forward to continuing…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has completed a significant capacity expansion of its sodium methylate production facility located in Mobile, Ala. With the expansion, the production unit will now be capable of producing up to 90,000 metric tons per year…