Albemarle Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that it will expand capacity at the company's lithium production facility in Silver Peak, Nev., and begin a program to evaluate clays and other available Nevada resources for commercial production of lithium, a critical mineral…
Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries’ Clean Energy and Industrial Gases Group (Group), a part of Nikkiso Co., Ltd (Japan), announced the sale of its Turboexpander Business Line to Air Liquide (Paris). Located mainly in Santa Ana, California, the Turboexpander Business Line designs,…
Sulzer Chemtech’s (Winterthur, Switzerland) proprietary separation technology for lactide production has been selected for Zhejiang Depei New Material Co.’s latest plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China. The processing equipment will enable the company to produce large volumes of high-quality lactide…
Jindal Films, an international provider of innovative and sustainable films for flexible packaging industry, has signed an agreement for the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Italy-based nylon film specialist DOMO Films Solutions Spa (DFS) from private owned group…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a Master Services Agreement by LanzaTech to provide engineering services for their global carbon recycling technology projects. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide basic engineering design services and…
Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (Waterford, N.Y.) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire KCC Corp.'s Silicones business in Korea and the U.K., as well as its sales operations in China, further enhancing Momentive's global capabilities in advanced silicones and specialized…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) announced the first completion of a two-step capacity expansion in their water-treatment chemicals production in the UK. From January 1, 2021, the output of the aluminum-based product line in Ellesmere Port will be increased by more…
In the U.K., Veolia (Paris) has expanded wood recycling and processing capacity by 50,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr), adding to the 410,000 m.t./yr of waste wood already processed by Veolia each year. The new site will feed wide ranging wood…
The Solvay Group (Brussels, Belgium) agreed to sell its North American and European amphoteric surfactant business to OpenGate Capital, a private equity firm with headquarters in Los Angeles. The sale includes the three main production sites supporting the amphoteric product…
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) announced that it has engaged Koch Project Solutions, LLC to provide front end engineering, design (FEED) and project execution management services for the expansion projects that Gevo is in the process of financing with Citigroup Global…