Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that it has completed the construction of a new plant to produce LUCANT, a series of hydrocarbon-based synthetic fluid, at its Ichihara Works in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture. With this new plant coming on top of…
W. R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.) has licensed its UNIPOL PP Process Technology to PT Pertamina Rosneft Pengolahan dan Petrokimia (PRPP), a joint venture between Indonesia’s PT Pertamina and Russia’s Rosneft Oil Company. The UNIPOL PP facility, located in Tuban,…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has started construction of a new production plant for Vulkollan raw materials in the Map Ta Phut industrial zone in Thailand. With the new plant, the company aims to satisfy the growing demand for high-performance elastomers…
Elkem (Oslo, Norway) has been awarded NOK 4.4 million (around $480,000) in support from Enova to develop technology that has the potential to enable new green value chains based on unused hydrogen from the company's silicon production in Bremanger, Norway.…
INEOS (London) has launched a new business to develop and build Clean Hydrogen capacity across Europe, in support of the drive towards a zero-carbon future. INEOS currently produces 300,000 tons of hydrogen per year mainly as a co-product from its…
McDermott International, Ltd (Houston) announced it has secured the next phase of the ethane cracking project from China National Chemical Engineering & Construction Corporation Seven, Ltd (CC7). In 2019, McDermott was awarded a contract for the extended basic engineering on…
SHOWA Group (Menlo, Ga.), a global, integrated manufacturer of industrial and household PPE gloves, has broken ground on a new glove manufacturing facility in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. The groundbreaking event, held October 26th, welcomed Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, Minister of…
JordProxa Pty Ltd (Perth, Australia) has recently delivered crystallization plants for two major battery-metal producers, solidifying its position in the growing new energy market. JordProxa designed, fabricated and dispatched several large-scale orders to site, including an evaporator and two crystallization…
Saft Group S.A. (Levallois-Perret, France) has opened a new manufacturing hub for energy storage solutions (ESS) in Zhuhai, China. This will enhance the company’s capacity to serve the global ESS market and support the transition to renewable energy. The new…
Direct and close customer support has always been in the focus of Büchi Labortechnik AG (Flawil, Switzerland). Therefore, the company has further expand its direct distribution network by establishing Buchi Ibérica S.L. in Barcelona, covering the Spanish market. The new…