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Messer Americas to build new ASU in Ohio supplying North Star BlueScope Steel

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 and ExxonMobil to partner on advanced-recycling plant in France

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 to expand acetyl chain capacities in China and Germany

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 secures new offtake agreements for PEF resin

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 to provide technology for new ethylbenzene plant in China

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 completes sodium methylate capacity expansion in Mobile

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…

Eni to acquire Italian biogas producer FRI-EL Biogas Holding

Eni S.p.A.’s (Rome, Italy) subsidiary Ecofuel, the company responsible for managing Eni’s investments in the circular economy, and FRI-EL Greenpower, a Gostner family holding, leader in the sectors of electricity production from renewable sources, have reached an agreement for Eni…

Eastman to upgrade extrusion capacity at Springfield facility

Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.) announced that it is making an investment to upgrade and expand its extrusion capabilities for production of interlayers product lines at its Springfield, Massachusetts, manufacturing facility. The investment will strengthen Eastman’s supply capability to respond…

KBR commissions ammonia revamp project in Russia

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced the successful commissioning of its ammonia revamp project for Acron PJSC (Acron), at its Dorogobuzh site in Russia. The plant performance post revamp has surpassed all guaranteed parameters. This plant was revamped to enhance the ammonia…

Invista completes technology upgrade at Victoria adiponitrile plant

Invista (Wichita, Kan.) has completed its project to bring the company’s most advanced adiponitrile (ADN) technology to its site in Victoria, Texas, on schedule, as part of the site’s regularly planned maintenance turnaround. The site will manage a controlled start-up…