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Lummus Technology awarded contract for two PDH units in Ningbo

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…

Messer and HyGear enter long-term H2-supply contract in Czech Republic

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 completes nylon 6,6 capacity expansion in Shanghai

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 commissions epoxy-resins production unit in Dubai

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 to build two biomethane plants in Italy

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…

Samsung Biologics begins construction on biopharmaceuticals megaplant in Incheon

Samsung Biologics (Incheon, South Korea) officially began construction of its Plant 4 in Incheon, South Korea. Dubbed the “Super Plant,” the new, multi-story 238,000-square-meter construction will be the world’s largest biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility of its kind boasting 256,000 liters total…

Mitsubishi Chemical to divest light metals business

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) has concluded a framework agreement with Konfoong Materials International Co., Ltd. (Yuyao, Zhejiang, China) and KFMI Group company TCPR (Shanghai) Electro-Mechanical High-Tech Co. for the transfer of MCC’s light metal products business. KFMI and TCPR…

Toray wins desalination orders in Bahrain and UAE

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) has been awarded orders to supply reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for the Al Dur 2 Desalination Plant in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Umm Al Quwain Desalination Plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).…

Sasol achieves beneficial operations at Lake Charles LDPE unit

Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) announced that its low-density polyethlyene (LDPE) unit reached beneficial operation on 15 November 2020. The LDPE unit is the seventh and final Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) unit to come online. The LCCP is now…

Lummus Technology awarded contract for Shandong Yulong Refining and Petrochemical integrated project

Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a technology contract by Shandong Yulong Petrochemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China's Nanshan Group. Lummus will provide Master Licensor services for multiple licensed units, consisting of two mixed feed crackers,…