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…
DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) has been awarded the contract to supply Orlen Lietuva with licensing, engineering, and technical services for a Stratco alkylation unit and a MECS spent acid regeneration (SAR) unit at the Mažeikiai refinery in Mažeikiai, Lithuania. The…
Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) has successfully started up two new air separation units (ASUs) to supply gaseous oxygen and nitrogen to Wanhua Chemical Group, the world's largest producer of isocyanate (MDI). The new plants join two existing ASUs, also built…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is investing in the short-term expansion of its specialty lipids production which are essential for mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines. Commercial lipid quantities are to be produced at Evonik’s Hanau and Dossenheim sites in Germany as early…
DuPont Interconnect Solutions, a unit of DuPont Electronics & Industrial announced its $220 million expansion project at the Circleville, Ohio site is expected to be completed in the second half of 2021. The investment will expand production of Kapton polyimide film…