Ineos (London) announced that INEOS Olefins and Polymers USA that it has agreed to principle terms with Sasol Chemicals North America LLC to acquire its 50% membership interest in Gemini HDPE LLC (Gemini) for $404 million. Gemini is a toll-manufacturer…
Arkema SA (Colombes, France) has started up its 50% capacity increase of Kynar fluoropolymer for the lithium-ion battery business at its Changshu plant in China in December 2020, with the first commercial supplies for January 2021. Driven by strong growth…
Vale (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) inaugurated the Pico Block plant, the first pilot plant for civil construction products made from tailings from mining activities. The plant, which has been set up at the Pico mine, in the city of Itabirito,…
Hyundai Motor Co. and INEOS (London) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore new opportunities to accelerate the global hydrogen economy. Hyundai and INEOS will jointly investigate opportunities for the production and supply of hydrogen, as…
Koch Fertilizer announced that it anticipates investing nearly $140 million at its Fort Dodge, Iowa plant to revamp existing production processes, which is expected to increase yearly ammonia production capacity by 85,000 tons. The investment also will further improve reliability…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract from Ningbo Kingfa Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. for two propane dehydrogenation units in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China. Lummus' scope includes technology licensing, process design package and technical services, and…
HyGear (Arnhem, the Netherlands), a specialist in on-site hydrogen generation and supply, has entered into a new long-term partnership with industrial gases specialist Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany). In the agreement, HyGear and Messer will jointly supply high=purity hydrogen…
INVISTA (Wichita, Kan.) has completed a 40,000-ton/year nylon 6,6 polymer capacity expansion at its polymer plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP). This addition brings the plant’s capacity to 190,000-ton/year. “This new polymer capacity is part of INVISTA’s strategic investments…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) further expands its production capacity in the United Arab Emirates with the commissioning of a new manufacturing facility in Dubai. In addition to concrete admixtures, epoxy resins are now being produced locally for the Target Market…
Air Liquide (Paris) has announced the construction of its first two biomethane production units in collaboration with its local partner Dentro il Sole (DIS). These two units will be built in Truccazzano (Milan) and Fontanella (Bergamo) in Italy, recycling organic…