Chemical Engineering
Veolia Water Technologies invests €20 million in new recycling and regeneration center near Düsseldorf
Veolia Water Technologies, a subsidiary of the Veolia group and leading specialist in water treatment, has invested in the development and construction of a new regeneration and recycling service center with mobile water treatment technologies and assets in Heinsberg, near…
Shell completes sale of Deer Park refinery to partner Pemex
Shell Oil Company, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has completed the sale of its interest in Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership, a 50-50 joint venture between Shell Oil Company and P.M.I. Norteamerica, S.A. De C.V. (a subsidiary of…
ExxonMobil and Sabic start up world-scale Gulf Coast Growth Ventures manufacturing site
ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) and SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) announced the successful startup of Gulf Coast Growth Ventures world-scale manufacturing facility in San Patricio County, Texas. The new facility will produce materials used in packaging, agricultural film, construction materials, clothing,…
DuPont completes expansion of electronics materials site in Ohio
DuPont Interconnect Solutions, a business within DuPont’s Electronics & Industrial segment, announced it has completed the expansion project at its Circleville, Ohio manufacturing site. The $250 million investment expands production of Kapton polyimide film and Pyralux flexible circuit materials, ensuring…
Covestro takes full ownership of Japan Fine Coatings JV
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) is now the sole owner of Japan Fine Coatings Co., Ltd. (JFC), previously managed as a joint venture (JV) with JSR Corporation (JSR). JFC is one of the leading suppliers of optical fiber coatings based in…
Phillips 66, Novonix to advance production of lithium-ion batteries in North America
Phillips 66 (Houston) and Novonix Ltd. announced they have signed a technology development agreement to advance the production and commercialization of next-generation anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. “This agreement builds on our strategic investment in NOVONIX and is a natural…
Air Liquide to build new ASU in Uttar Pradesh
Air Liquide will invest around 350 Crores Rupees (40 million euros) in a new Air Separation Unit (ASU) dedicated to Industrial Merchant activities in Kosi, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Northern India. This unit will have a production capacity…
Petronas Chemicals to build melamine plant in Malaysia
PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) will begin building a 60,000-ton/yr melamine plant in Gurun, Kedah, Malaysia, making it the sole melamine producer in Southeast Asia (SEA). Targeted to come onstream in 2024, this project is in…
Solenis acquires German DMA3 manufacturer SCL GmbH
Solenis (Wilmington, Del.) closed on the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding shares of SCL GmbH (SCL) on January 18, 2022. Located in Ludwigshafen, Germany, SCL produces DMA3 (Dimethylaminoethyl acrylate), a primary raw material for cationic polyacrylamide production. The acquisition…
McDermott selected for pioneering biosurfactants project
McDermott International Inc. (Houston) has been selected to work on a pioneering project for the production of Rhamnolipids—an advanced technology with the potential to fundamentally transform cleaning products and significantly reduce their environmental impact. Rhamnolipids are a type of biosurfactant…