Samsung E&A announced that it signed a contract with Ras Laffan Petrochemicals (RLP) of Qatar for the Qatar RLP Ethylene Storage Plant. Samsung E&A plans to execute this project as a joint venture with CTCI of Taiwan. The total contract…
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) and Exxon Mobil Corp. (Houston) have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a multiyear offtake agreement for up to 100,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate. The lithium will be supplied from ExxonMobil’s…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) has signed a Shareholder Agreement (SHA) to establish Joint Venture Company with Pupuk Indonesia Holding Co. (PIHC), a state-owned fertilizer company in the Republic of Indonesia, and ITOCHU Corp. (Tokyo). The agreement focuses on producing green…
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.) announced that it is making an investment to upgrade and expand its extrusion capability for production of Interlayers product lines at its manufacturing facility in Ghent, Belgium. The investment will strengthen Eastman’s supply capability to…
Sekisui Diagnostics' (Burlington, Mass.) microbial CDMO business announces it has completed construction of its £15.7 million ($20.7 million) cGMP capacity expansion at its U.K. site for clinical-grade drug substance manufacturing. Following appropriate licensure, this expansion will enable manufacturing capabilities for…
Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Aramco affiliate Saudi Aramco Jubail Refinery Company (SASREF), and an affiliate of Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (Rongsheng Petrochemical) have signed a Development Framework Agreement in Beijing, China, that paves the way for an expansion project at…
Zeton Inc. (Burlington, Ont., Canada) and Aduro Clean Technologies, Inc. (Sarnia, Ont., Canada) will design, build, and commission a pilot plant for Aduro’s proprietary Hydrochemolytic Technology (HCT Pilot Plant), marking a key milestone in Aduro’s commercialization pathway for transforming waste…
Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. (Bangkok, Thailand) announced that its Indovinya business segment—through its flagship subsidiary Indorama Ventures Oxides LLC—has agreed to acquire two leading brands in the energy extraction sector, targeting Demulsifiers and Flow Assurance products, from Cargill Bioindustrial…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) plans to expand its Helsingborg manufacturing site in Sweden and to invest low double-digit millions of euros in building a reactivation plant for activated carbon. The new plant would add significant new capacity to reactivate activated…
Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC; Beijing, China), and Fujian Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (FPCL) have broken ground on a new integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Fujian Province, China. The facility is planned to have a…