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Lubrizol expands Southeast Asia Innovation Center in Singapore
Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, Ohio) announced enhancements to its Southeast Asia Innovation Center, including synthesis, analytical and physical sciences and formulation development capabilities to serve evolving Southeast Asia market needs. An integral part of the company’s global innovation network, the Singapore-based…
Arkema inaugurates new acrylic acid purification unit in Carling, France
Arkema S.A. (La Défense, Paris, France) has inaugurated a new acrylic acid purification unit featuring an innovative process at its Carling site in France. This facility positions the Group among the most competitive players in Europe and contributes to the…
Air Products signs agreement to build LNG-based air separation unit in Malaysia
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, Pa.) announced it has concluded the definitive agreement with PG Cold Energy 1 Sdn. Bhd. (PGCE1), a joint venture led by PETRONAS Gas Berhad (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) via PG Energia Sdn. Bhd. and DIALOG…
Aclara and CAP inaugurate rare earth metals and alloys demonstration plant in Chile
Aclara Resources Inc. (Vancouver, B.C.) announced the inauguration of a demonstration plant to develop the technology to produce rare earth metals and alloys. The demonstration plant was launched by Aclara Metals SpA (Santiago, Chile), a 50/50 joint venture with CAP…
Calgon Carbon announces completion of expansion that doubles capacity for reactivated carbon
Calgon Carbon Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuraray Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kuraray.com), today celebrates the completion of a multi-million-dollar investment to expand and enhance its Crosby, Texas, facility, nearly doubling the site’s output capacity for reactivated carbon and…
Fortinet signs MoU with Aramco to advance industrial cybersecurity
Fortinet Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.), the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco; Dhahran, Saudi Arabia). The proposed collaboration aims to support the…
Borouge International expands mechanical recycling capacity in Germany and Austria
Borouge Group International AG (operating as Borouge International) announced investments to expand its European mechanical recycling capacity at its sites in Niedergebra, Germany, and Wildon, Austria. The expansion strengthens the ability of Borouge International (Vienna, Austria) to meet growing customer…
Thyssenkrupp nucera to open central electrolyzer cell assembly hub in Portugal
thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA (Dortmund, Germany) is establishing its first company-operated central Assembly Hub for electrolyzer cells in VGP Park in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, south of Porto. With the Assembly Hub, thyssenkrupp nucera, a world-leading provider…
ENEOS constructs methylcyclohexane plant in Australia
ENEOS Corp. (Tokyo) has constructed a large-scale demonstration plant in Queensland, Australia, to produce methylcyclohexane (MCH), a hydrogen carrier, using its proprietary low-cost "electrochemical synthesis of organic hydride" method (Direct MCH®). An opening ceremony was held on Oct. 6. Following…
France’s Biotech Open Platform opens at Michelin’s Innovation Park
Two years after its creation by Danone S.A. (Paris), Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin SCA (Clermont-Ferrand, France), DMC Biotechnologies Inc. (Boulder, Colo.), Crédit Agricole Centre France (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Clermont Auvergne Innovation S.A.S. (Aubière, France) and Greentech S.A. (Saint-Beauzire, France), Biotech…