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 (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 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 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 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 (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,…
Composites manufacturer Mar-Bal, Inc. (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) has recently merged its AltraSet Composite Technologies company with Lattice Composites (Riverside, Calif.). The integrated merger will expand Mar-Bal’s composite technologies to now include Lattice’s customized epoxy chemistry systems–providing a unique materials portfolio…
The Board of Directors of Grasim Industries Ltd. (Mumbai, India) approved the transfer of the company’s Fertilizer Business to Indorama India Pvt. Ltd. (IIPL). The Fertilizer business handles the manufacture, trading and sale of urea, customized fertilizers, agricultural-inputs, crop protection,…
Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (Waterford, N.Y.) announced it will invest $13 million for the expansion of its existing Termoli (Italy) plant to create a state-of-the-art manufacturing hub for its Niax polyurethane additives. The site, which currently produces high-performance additives for…
Würth Industry North America (WINA), a group company of The Würth Group (Kunzelsau, Germany) and Baker Hughes (Houston) announced a joint service offering to expand their capabilities to provide advanced design, digital inventory, and customized 3D printing services to customers…