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Fujifilm to build a new plant for semiconductor materials in Taiwan

Fujifilm Corp. (Tokyo) announced that it will build a new factory for cutting-edge semiconductor materials in Taiwan in order to further expand its electronic materials business. The company’s Taiwan-based semiconductor materials subsidiary, FUJIFILM Electronic Materials Taiwan Co., Ltd., will acquire…

Blockchain platform for steel supply chain selected for Chevron Technology Venture’s Catalyst Program

SteelTrace (Maastricht, The Netherlands), a digital platform provider utilizing blockchain technology to manage all aspects of the steel supply chain, has been selected by Chevron Technology Ventures, LLC (CTV) as part of its Catalyst Program. The Catalyst Program was launched…

Stamicarbon awarded contract for green ammonia plant in the U.S.

Stamicarbon BV (Sittard, the Netherlands), the innovation and license company of MAIRE Group, has signed a license agreement with its customer in the U.S. to develop a basic engineering design package for a 450 metric tons per day (m.t./d) green…

Samsung Engineering and OMV to jointly develop sustainable, modular projects

Samsung Engineering (Seoul, South Korea) and OMV AG (Vienna, Austria) announced the signing of an MoU to cooperate on projects from the early development stage. The MoU was signed at the OMV headquarters in Vienna, Austria, by Martijn van Koten,…

Henkel opens new technology center in New Jersey

Henkel AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) has officially opened its Technology Center in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Occupying 70,000 square ft., the center provides a unique and interactive destination for the company’s strategic partners and customers. The facility showcases Henkel’s entire technology portfolio…

Vopak agrees to divest its chemicals terminal in Savannah

Royal Vopak N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) has entered into a binding agreement to sell its terminal in Savannah, Ga. to BWC Terminals, a U.S.-based bulk-liquids storage company. The operational capacity of Vopak Terminal Savannah is 250,566 m3. This capacity is…

Air Products to significantly increase membrane production capacity at St. Louis facility

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced a $10-million project to significantly increase hollow fiber membrane production at its St. Louis, Missouri facility.  “We’re excited to announce this investment in our production facility that will deliver substantial capacity and efficiency enhancements…

Trinseo inaugurates new polycarbonate dissolution pilot facility in the Netherlands

Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) announced  the inauguration of its polycarbonate (PC) dissolution pilot facility in Terneuzen, the Netherlands on April 5, 2023. The new pilot facility is a major step in Trinseo’s commitment to sustainability, part of the journey in realizing…

Two of Axens’ technologies selected for sour-gas processing plant in Canada

Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has been selected to supply the technologies for the Acid Gas Removal unit (HySWEET) and the Sulfur Recovery unit (SmartSulf) of the Albright Sour Gas Processing Plant to be constructed by CSV Midstream Solutions Corp. in Alberta,…

Lummus awarded propane dehydrogenation contract in Saudi Arabia

 Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that Alujain National Industrial Co. has selected its C3 CATOFIN propane dehydrogenation (PDH) technology for their new propylene plant in Yanbu, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). This is the first time Alujain will license Lummus' PDH technology…