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Hexion restarts adhesives manufacturing site in Brazil

Hexion Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) announced that it is restarting operations at its Montenegro, Brazil manufacturing site to reflect improving market conditions and customer demand for wood adhesives in the region.   “Following extensive retraining for our associates and taking all…

CVR Energy proceeds with KBR technology on second phase of alkylation revamp project

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced today that a subsidiary of CVR Energy, Inc. is proceeding with the next phase of the KBR Solid Acid Alkylation Technology (K-SAAT) project for its refinery in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. CVR Energy previously awarded a contract to…

Lummus to supply FCC technology for refinery expansion in India

Lummus Technology (Houston) announced an award for its Indmax Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) technology from Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. (NRL), a subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL). The Indmax FCC unit is part of NRL's refinery expansion project, which will…

Veolia expands plastics-recycling capabilities in the U.K.

Veolia (Paris) has expanded its plastic recycling capabilities in the U.K., with three sites (in London, Essex and the Midlands) dedicated to the recycling of 100 different grades of plastic. These will be from consumer, commercial and industrial sources, increasing…

Merck expands lipids production to support BioNTech vaccine manufacturing

Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) and BioNTech are further expanding their strategic partnership. Merck, in close collaboration with BioNTech, will significantly accelerate the supply of urgently needed lipids and increase the amount of lipid delivery towards the end of 2021. The…

Air Liquide to construct new ASU to supply BASF’s Schwarzheide battery-materials plant

Air Liquide (Paris) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) have signed a new long-term contract for the supply of oxygen and nitrogen to one of BASF’s largest and most innovative European sites, located in Schwarzheide, Germany. Air Liquide will invest around…

Covestro plans new plants for polyurethane dispersions and polyester resins

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) is planning a new production facility for polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) at the Covestro Integrated Site in Shanghai, China (CISS) to address the rising demand for environmentally compatible coatings and adhesives in the Asia-Pacific region. A further…

McDermott wins EPC contract for green-hydrogen facility in New Jersey

McDermott International, Ltd. (Houston) announced that its CB&I Storage Solutions business has been awarded a contract by New Jersey Natural Gas for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a power-to-gas facility in Howell, New Jersey. The facility will use…

Borealis begins activities related to divesting its nitrogen business

Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) has decided to start a process divesting its nitrogen business unit including fertilizer, technical nitrogen and melamine products. Such a divestment would be subject to information and consultation requirements with employee representatives as may be…

Air Liquide to construct new high-purity N2 facilities in China

Air Liquide China will build new production facilities in Mianyang City (100 km Northwest of Chengdu), Sichuan Province and Chongqing City. These will supply BOE, the world’s leading company in flat-panel displays and an IoT company, in the context of…