Chandra Asri Group (Jakarta, Indonesia) has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement with Shell Singapore Pte. Ltd. to acquire Shell Energy and Chemicals Park (SECP) in Singapore. The acquisition was made through a strategic partnership involving Glencore plc and is…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) have agreed on the first delivery of BASF’s ammonia BMBcertB grade. Thereby, both chemical companies demonstrate their commitment to offer products with a reduced product carbon footprint (PCF). With its…
Orbia Advance Corporation S.A.B. de C.V.’s Building & Infrastructure (B&I) business, Wavin, formally opened its new production plant in new Grand Batang City, Indonesia. The facility will supply the company’s expanding customer base in Indonesia and the Asia Pacific region…
Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced a strategic collaboration with Chevron Corp. (Houston) to develop advanced artificial intelligence (AI)-Assisted solutions to help operators make decisions to enhance efficiency for refining processes and improve safety within the industrial automation space. These…
Veolia (Paris) has been selected by the University Area Joint Authority (UAJA) in State College, Pennsylvania, to implement an unprecedented complete anaerobic digestion solution for biosolids and biowaste at its wastewater treatment plant. The biogas generated from the digestate will…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced the successful completion of a significant expansion for photoresist manufacturing capacity at the DuPont Sasakami Site in Agano-shi, Niigata, Japan. The event commemorated the opening of a new building named the East Star, a component of…
As regulatory activity surrounding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) increases, there is a need to minimize the generation of fluorinated byproduct streams in the production of industrial processes. Some fluoropolymers — used extensively in industrial and consumer products, including pipes,…
Eli Lilly and Co. (Indianapolis, Ind.) announced a $4.5-billion investment to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development. This unique facility will give Lilly the ability to research new ways of producing medicines,…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) signed a contract to sell its Urethane Systems business to UBE Corp. (Tokyo). The enterprise value amounts to €460 million with expected proceeds of around €500 million. With this transaction Lanxess exits the last remaining polymer…
TPC Group (Houston) announced that it has further increased its capacity to produce di-isobutylene (DIB), a primary product in the Company’s Specialty Products business unit, to supply the growing global demand for DIB. Last year, the company completed the initial…