3M (St. Paul, Minn.) announced it expects to invest approximately $1 billion over the next 20 years to accelerate new environmental goals: achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, reduce water use by 25% at its facilities, and return higher quality water…
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) announced that it will transfer to its own operations and consolidate its membrane-related technology development and sales currently undertaken by its subsidiary Mitsubishi Chemical Aqua Solutions Co., Ltd. (MCAS) effective April 1, 2021. The aim…
OMV AG (Vienna, Austria) and Kommunalkredit Austria AG (Kommunalkredit) have announced a joint investment in the construction of Austria’s largest electrolysis plant in the OMV Schwechat Refinery. Total investment will be around EUR 25 million, with OMV and Kommunalkredit each…
Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. (NRL), a subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. — a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, India — has selected Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) to supply advanced technologies in gasoline block for its…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) signed a binding agreement to acquire 100% shares in Emerald Kalama Chemical LLC (Vancouver, Wash.) on February 14, 2021. The U.S.-based company is a globally leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals, especially for the consumer segment, and…
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan) was awarded the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract for a gas separation plant construction project in the Republic of Kazakhstan being planned by KazMunayGas, Kazakhstan's state-owned oil company, and its subsidiary, KLPE. This project…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced it has brought on-stream its first cryogenic nitrogen plant in the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone, Penang, Northern Malaysia. The new facility further expands the company’s capacity and reinforces its leading supply position in…
Eriez (Erie, Pa.) announces the completion of a major expansion to its Wager Road facility, located in Erie, Pennsylvania, approximately 15 miles from the company’s world headquarters. The expanded space will support Eriez’ strategic growth initiatives for global research and…
The Chemours Company (Wilmington, Del.) announced that, during the fourth quarter of 2020, the Company divided its former Fluoroproducts segment into two new reportable segments: Thermal & Specialized Solutions (TSS, formerly Fluorochemicals) and Advanced Performance Materials (APM, formerly Fluoropolymers). This…
GEA Group AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) has received two orders for gas cleaning systems from the oil and energy group Compañía Española de Petróleos SA (Cepsa, Madrid, Spain) for their refineries in La Rabida and San Roque. The scope of supply…